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An intra-cerebral schwannoma, presenting as a cystic, calcified, enhancing frontal mass, arising in a 52-year-old woman was misdiagnosed as a glioma and treated with radiotherapy. This observation emphasizes the importance of careful histological reexamination of all brain tumors when a discrepancy appears between the initial histological diagnosis and the clinical evolution, in order to recognize rare curable entities and to avoid potentially toxic treatment.
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Louis, E., Cret, C., Poirier, J. et al. Intra-cerebral Schwannoma Simulating Glioma. J Neurooncol 64, 279–282 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025625619475
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