Mehmet OZCAN, Ayse Nur AKATLİ, Emine Turkmen SAMDANCİ, Soner DEMİREL

Ancient schwannoma in phthisis bulbi: Case ReporT

ISSN: 2147-0634
Yayın Aralığı: 4
Başlangıç: 2012
Yayıncı: Effect Publishing Agency ( EPA )

Schwannoma is benign nerve sheath tumor of Schwann cells. A 41-year-old female patient presented with pain and a complaint of inability to see. A mass revealed in left eye. Mass was histopathologically evaluated as schwannoma. This lesion in a rare location is presented with the literature

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