Subtotal petrosectomy and cerebrospinal fluid leakage in unilateral anacusis [PDF]
Objective This study presents a group of patients experiencing recurrent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage associated with ipsilateral anacusis who underwent subtotal petrosectomies with the goal of stopping the CSF leak and preventing meningitis ...
Iannella, Giannicola, Magliulo, Giuseppe
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Creeping through the cranium: A rare and interesting presentation of a meningioma
A meningioma is a rare primary CNS tumor that tends to present more so in females in a slowly progressive fashion. The cavernous sinus and cerebellopontine angle are uncommon locations for meningiomas.
Jayanthraj Gone, DO +3 more
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Large Cysticercus in the Cerebellopontine Angle: Case Report
Neurocysticercosis is an infection of the central nervous system caused by larvae of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. We report a case of large cyst in the cerebellopontine angle that increased in size under observation and surgery revealed it to be ...
Sushil Kumar, Amit Garg, Amit Handa
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Vestibular schwannoma: role of conservative management [PDF]
Objective: To assess the outcome of conservative management of vestibular schwannoma.Study design: Observational study. Setting: Tertiary referral centre.Patients: Four hundred and thirty-six patients with vestibular schwannoma (490 tumours), including ...
Aggarwal, R +7 more
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Morphometric Analysis of the Internal Auditory Canal by Computed Tomography Imaging [PDF]
Background: Many clinical and experimental studies have been done to analyze the anatomical and functional aspects of the internal auditory canal (IAC) in human beings since there are great inter-individual variability and structural variations that may ...
Ajzen, Sergio +5 more
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Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia Secondary to Meningioma
Trigeminal neuralgia is a disorder of the fifth cranial nerve that causes episodes of intense, stabbing, electric shock-like pain that lasts from few seconds to few minutes in the areas of the face where the branches of the nerve are distributed.
Premeshwar Niwant +2 more
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Primary melanocytic tumor of the cerebellopontine angle mimicking acoustic schwannoma: Case report
Intra-cranial melanomas are commonly metastatic, from primary melanoma elsewhere in the body. The primary occurrence of a melanoma in the brain parenchyma is rare.
Raghavendra +4 more
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Cerebellopontine angle tumors in infants and children
ObjectiveCerebellopontine angle (CPA) and cerebellomedullary fissure (CMF) tumors are rare in children and information is scarce in the literature. This retrospective study reports their histological distribution and tumor origin, and describes surgical ...
T. Tomita, G. Grahovac
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Dysphonia As an Uncommon Presentation of Pontocerebellar Choroid Plexus Papilloma
A case is presented of a patient with dysphonia, hearing loss and ataxia due to vestibulocochlear and vagal nerve compression by choroid plexus papilloma in the cerebellopontine angle.
Krešimir Rotim +4 more
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Arteriovenous malformation in the cerebellopontine angle presenting as trigeminal neuralgia
A case of arteriovenous malformation of the left cerebellopontine angle causing symptoms of ipsilateral trigeminal neuralgia is reported. Pain relief followed microsurgical removal of the malformation. The authors review the literature on the subject.
Paulo C. Figueiredo +2 more
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