Abstract:Os neurilemomas do trigêmio são raros. Segundo Paillas e col. (1974) 12 , estes tumores são nove vezes menos freqüentes que os do acústico. Alajouanine e col. divide esses tumores sob o ponto de vista anatômico, em três grupos: supratentoriais, infratentoriais e infrasupratentoriais ou tumores em ampulheta; existe, aproximadamente, predominância de 1/2 de tumores supratentoriais para 1/4 de cada um dos outros dois tipos.Relatamos um caso de neurilemoma infratentorial do 5 nervo, em menina de 11 anos de ida… Show more
Two cases of trigeminal neurinoma in two infant girls aged 3 and 6 months are reported. Both presented with temporal cranial vault bulging at birth. The 6-month-old patient suffered onset of focal fits 1 month before admission and her neurological examination revealed no abnormalities. The 3-month-old patient had right exophthalmus and a subcutaneous fronto-orbital plexiform neurofibroma at birth. Neurological examination disclosed a sensory deficit of the first trigeminal nerve division. She also had a family medical history of von Reckling-hausen's disease. The incidence of trigeminal neurinomas in children is reviewed. The patients in these two cases are the youngest recorded; the cases are the only ones reported in infants. Clinical, radiological, and therapeutic aspects are discussed.
Trigeminal schwannoma is a tumour that occurs rarely in childhood. Although several, often multistaged surgical strategies have been reported in the literature, this tumour was eradicated by a one-stage pterional approach.
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