Brazilian Neurosurgery (Mar 2024)

Schwannoma-like Breast Metastasis in the Meckel Cave: Case Report

  • Frederico de Lima Gibbon,
  • Antônio Delacy Martini Vial,
  • Guilherme Gago,
  • Matheus Prado Magalhães,
  • Marcelo Paglioli Ferreira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1776265
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 43, no. 01
pp. e62 – e64

Abstract

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Tumors of the Meckel cave are very rare lesions, especially if they are malignant. We report the case of a patient who presented with a breast metastasis in the Meckel cave and a clinical presentation similar to that of a fifth nerve schwannoma.

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