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Small T2&FLAIR mild hyper intense lesion
MRI scan reort of my father age 60 years.
Small T2 & FLAIR mild hyper intense lesion involving right CP angle anterior to the 8th nerve complex at root exit zone of right 5th nerve Likely to be right Trigeminal Schwannoma
Is it serious,Is the treatment like surgery or radiation
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If it's a very small, incidental tumor, we can wait and watch and re-image after 6 months and then if it's growing it can be dealt with either SRS - Stereotactic Radiosurgery or Microsurgery.
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