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## Background: Schwannomas are cranial and spinal nerves’ sheath tumors accounting for up to 8% of all intracranial neoplasms. Although typical intracranial schwannomas originate from Schwann cells surrounding cranial nerves, ectopic schwannomas are not associated with a known cranial nerve or have an unknown origin. The location of schwannomas may impose clinical challenges. Sellar region schwannomas are rare whether it is ectopic or not. Herein, we report a pediatric case of a 1-year-old female with ectopic, intra-supra sellar with a literature review. We report the first case of juvenile ectopic schwannoma in the sellar region. ## Methods: A PubMed Medline database search was performed by the following combined formula of medical subject headings (MESH) terms and keywords: ((sella turcica [MeSH Terms]) OR (sella\*[Title/Abstract]) OR (ectopic [Title/Abstract]) AND ((neurilemmoma [MeSH Terms]) OR (schwannoma [Title/Abstract]) OR (neuroma [Title/Abstract]) OR (neurinoma [Title/Abstract])). ## Results: Total results of 206 articles were obtained. In exclusion of intraparenchymal and intraventricular schwannomas, only 34 articles remained. Thirty-nine cases were included in 34 artic

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Author

Rauf Sadiqo; Alkawthar M. Abdulsada; Mustafa Ismail; Samer S. Hoz

Publisher

Scientific Scholar

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)