Cerebellopontine Angle Epidermoid Cyst: Case Report
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Cerebellopontine Angle Epidermoid Cyst: Case Report
Epidermoid cysts are rare congenital tumors of the central nervous system (CNS), histologically benign and slowgrowing lesions. Their frequency among primitive intracranial tumors is about 1% and they account for 40% of all intracranial epidermoid of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA); there they constitute the third most frequent neoplasm (5%), after acoustic neuromas and meningiomas. We report ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2168-5452,2168-5460
DOI: 10.4236/ijohns.2013.21002