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Case Reports
. 1994 Apr;36(3):239-40.
doi: 10.1007/BF00588142.

Hemiatrophy of the tongue due to hypoglossal schwannoma shown by MRI

A Okura  1 , M Shigemori, T Abe, M Yamashita, K Kojima, S Noguchi
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Case Reports

Hemiatrophy of the tongue due to hypoglossal schwannoma shown by MRI

A Okura et al. Neuroradiology. 1994 Apr.

Abstract

Schwannomas account for 8.5% of all intracranial tumours; more than 90% arise from the 8th cranial nerve. Only 42 cases of schwannoma of the hypoglossal nerve have been reported. A 59 year-old woman developed right hemiatrophy of the tongue, clearly demonstrated on MRI, as was a small hypoglossal schwannoma. High signal was seen in the atrophic side of the tongue on both T1- and T2-weighted images, as described in the literature.

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