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Table 1 Cases of intracranial 6th nerve schwannomas published in the literature

From: Schwannoma of the 6th nerve: case report and review of the literature

No.

Reference

Age

Sex

Symptoms

Location

Consistency

Approach

Removal

VI recovery

1

Chen [4]

46

F

6th, headache

CI

Solid

Suboccipital

Total

Partial

2

Leunda et al. [5]

10

M

5th, 6th, headache

CI-CA

Solid

Subtemporal

Total

Paresis

3

Hansman et al. [6]

58

M

6th

CI-CA

Solid

?

Partial

Paresis

4

Ginsberg et al. [7]

47

F

5th, 6th, 7th headache, vertigo

CI-CA

Cystic

?

?

?

5

Tung et al. [8]

35

M

6th

CI-CA

Cystic

Frontotemporal

Total

Paresis

6

Tung et al. [8]

45

F

6th

CI-CA

Mixed

Frontotemporal

Subtotal

Paresis

7

Barat et al. [9]

49

F

3rd, 5th, 6th

CA

Cystic

Frontotemporal

Subtotal

Paresis

8

Lanotte et al. [10]

62

M

3rd, 5th, 6th headache

CA

Solid

Frontotemporal

Total

Paresis

9

Okada et al. [11]

54

F

5th, 6th, headache

CI

Mixed

Transcondylar

Subtotal

Paresis

10

Beppu et al. [12]

66

M

5th, 6th, tinnitus, vertigo, hypoacusis

CI

Solid

Suboccipital lateral

Partial

Paresis

11

Ichimi et al. [13]

61

F

5th, 6th

CI

Cystic

Suboccipital lateral

Total

Paresis

12

Suetake et al. [14]

31

F

5th, 6th, hypoacusis

CI

Cystic

Suboccipital lateral

Subtotal

Partial

13

Lo et al. [15]

19

M

3rd, 6th, headache

CA

Solid

Subtemporal

Subtotal

Paresis

14

Acharya et al. [16]

40

F

6th

CI-CA

Solid

Subtemporal

Subtotal

Paresis

15

Nakamura et al. [17]

42

M

Headache, vertigo, hypoacusis

CI

Solid

Suboccipital

Total

Complete

16

Nakagawa et al. [18]

47

F

5th, 6th

CA

Solid

Anterior transpetrosal

Total

Complete

17

Mascarenhas et al. [19]

39

F

6th, headache, exophthalmos

CA

Cystic

Orbitozygomatic

Subtotal

Paresis

18

Erlich et al. [20]

26

F

6th, headache

CI-CA

Mixed

Suboccipital

Subtotal

Paresis

19

Vachata and Sames [21]

60

M

Hypoacusis vertigo, headache, falls

CI

Cystic

Anterior transpetrosal

Total

Complete

20

Park et al. [22]

36

M

6th

CI-CA

Cystic

Suboccipital

Total

Complete (anastomosis)

21

Wang et al. [23]

68

M

Vertigo, headache

CI-CA

Solid

Suboccipital

Total

Partial

22

Present case

14

F

6th

CI

Solid

Subtemporal

Subtotal

Paresis

  1. F female, M male, CI cisternal type, CA cavernous type, CI-CA cisternocavernous type, 3rd oculomotor nerve, 4th trochlear nerve, 5th trigeminal nerve, 6th abducens nerve, 7th facial nerve, ? Not described in the literature