A case of intracerebral schwannoma is presented.A 19-year-old right-handed boy presented to our department after an epileptic seizure 5 days before.He was investigated by Computed tomography and Magnetic resonance imaging which showed a 3.5×2.5cm, intraaxial, contrast-enhanced cortical lesion in the right frontal lobe, with peritumoral edema and a dural-based attachment.The initial diagnosis was meningioma.Histopathological examination revealed schwannoma.At surgery, a rim of intact pia was identified between the duraand the tumor, the tumor was removed completedly.Histologically, the tumor demonstrated classic biphasicAntoni type A and Antoni type B patterns, and small aggregates of Schwann cells spread extensively into the surrounding brain tissue adjacent to the tumor nodule.Immunohistochemically, the neoplastic cells were positive for S-100 protein, CD56 and vimentin, while none was positive for C D34, PAS ,CEAor epithelial membrane antigen (EMA).The patients postoperative course was unremarkable and he remains seizure-free at 12months after surgery.Intracerebral schwannoma is a rare cortical lesion which is usually misdiagnosed as meningioma or glial tumor preoperatively, the related literature was reviewed and the imaging findings of intraparenchymal schwannomas were discussed.