MD Abdullah¹, Kartik Manoj Multani^1*, Kanakam Chandrakanth¹, Boyina Jagadishwar Rajesh² and Milap Shah³

¹Resident, Department of neurosurgery, Yashoda Superspeciality hospital, Secunderabad, India
²Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery, Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad, India
³Consultant and Head, Department of Pathology, Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad, India

*Corresponding Author: Kartik Manoj Multani, Resident, Department of neurosurgery, Yashoda Superspeciality hospital, Secunderabad, India.

Received: November 18, 2021; Published: September 16, 2022

Abstract

Ancient schwannomas are slow growing variant of benign schwannoma. Although commonly occur in head and neck region, the Sinonasal ancient schwannoma with extension into orbit are sparsely reported. Histopathologically, these tumours develop degenerative changes due to their long-standing nature and thus can be confused with malignant nerve sheath tumours or sarcoma. Diagnosis is made by combined HPE and Immunohistochemical analysis that reveals diffuse S-100 positive staining. Treatment of choice is surgical gross total excision. We present to the best of our knowledge, a fourth in world literature report of Sinonasal ancient schwannoma with intraorbital extension presenting to our OPD with abaxial displacement of involved globe and was treated with pure endoscopic gross total removal by transnasal route.

Keywords: Expansile; Sinonasal; Long-Standing; Globe Displacement

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Citation

Citation: Kartik Manoj Multani. “Expansile Sinonasal Ancient Schwanomma: A Rare Cause of Long-Standing Globe Displacement". Acta Scientific Neurology 5.10 (2022): 25-29.

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Copyright: © 2022 Kartik Manoj Multani. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.