Cerebellopontine Angle Epidermoid Cysts: Surgical Treatment Outcome
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Cerebellopontine angle epidermoid cysts: a report on 30 cases.
Thirty cases of cerebellopontine angle epidermoid cysts treated over a period of 20 years are reviewed with regard to their clinical features, the pathophysiology of their symptoms and their management. The predominating symptoms were related to the 7th and 8th cranial nerves and headaches. The signs and symptoms were present for an average period of 4 months. It was not always possible to dete...
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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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Results: Chart review identified 17 patients. The most common symptom at diagnosis was tinnitus, followed by sensorineural hearing loss, vertigo, facial pain, and headache. Physical exam revealed facial hypesthesias in 3 patients, facial paresis in 2 patients, while 14 patients had no physical exam findings on presentation. MRI studies of all patients revealed lesions which are isodense with br...
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BACKGROUND Epidermoid tumors represent the third most common lesion of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA). Their evolution and clinical features are distinctively characteristic. We present a comprehensive review of the clinical, imaging and surgical aspects of epidermoid cysts of the CPA. METHODS We conducted a case series of patients diagnosed with epidermoid cyst of the CPA who were operated...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2277-954X,2277-9167
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713545