Acoustic schwannoma - eroding petrous apex
Diagnosis certain
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Acoustic schwannoma eroding(eroding the apex of the petrous bone)
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MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION: 1-3. The;The sections show a moderately cellular schwannoma with adjacent bone bone. It mainly contains Antoni A areas with fascicles of spindle cells cells. Occasional Verocay bodies are noted. The tumour cells show no significant significant nuclear pleomorphism. Mitoses are inconspicuous. There is no no evidence of necrosis. Sheets of foamy macrophages and some lymphocytes lymphocytes are seen in the background. No evidence of malignancy is identified identified.
DIAGNOSIS: 1-3. Right acoustic nerve lesion: Schwannoma.