Peripheral Facial Palsy and Communicating Hydrocephalus as a Clinical Presentation of Hemorrhagic Vestibular Schwannoma: Case Report

The vestibular schwannoma is the most common extra-axial tumor of the posterior fossa. Hemorrhage associated with vestibular schwannomas has been described in less than 1% of the cases. The etiology remains unknown; however, some risk factors have been suggested, such as tumor size and tumor growth...

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Main Authors: João Monteiro Silva, Mário Gomes, Ernesto de Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2018-03-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1625981