Pilocytic astrocytoma of the cerebellopontine angle mimicking vestibular schwannoma: report of a rare entity.

Pilocytic astrocytoma of the cerebellopontine angle mimicking vestibular schwannoma: report of a rare entity.

Br J Neurosurg. 2017 Dec 26;:1-3

Authors: Dutta G, Singh D, Singh H, Sachdeva D, Kumar V, Chaturvedi A

Abstract
We present a rare case of a 55-yr old patient of pilocytic astrocytoma of the cerebello-pontine angle mimicking a vestibular schwannoma. The tumor protruded into the porus acusticus causing enlargement of the internal auditory meatus, which is quite an unusual feature of glial tumours.

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