ABSTRACT
A 47-year-old man presented with history of recurrent complex partial seizures of 10 years duration with normal clinical findings. Imaging showed a suspected destructive mass lesion in the sphenoid sinus with widespread erosion of the surrounding bone including the temporal base. Transnasal endoscopic sphenoidotomy showed an encephalocele mass, a rare variant of basal encephalocele. Unusual presentation of an encephalocele as a seizure disorder is described
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Sphenoid Sinus/surgery , Encephalocele/diagnosis , Endoscopy , Epilepsy, Complex Partial/etiology , Magnetic Resonance ImagingABSTRACT
Isolated peripheral nerve schwannoma, which is not a part of neurofibromatosis Type-1 or unrelated to radiation is uncommon. They usually arise from a major nerve trunk and present commonly with progressive neurological deficits. Sciatic nerve schwannoma is one such uncommon occurrence that presented with a rather common neurological presentation, sciatica, which could be excised microscopically without any sequel