Neurovascular compression syndrome is generally caused by vascular at the root entry or exit zone of corresponding cranial nerve. Trigeminal neuralgia most frequent syndrome, followed hemifacial spasm. Despite ongoing debate in literature, pulsatile tinnitus also known to be a neurovascular resulting from vestibulocochlear Combined manifestations symptoms are very rare. We report case with simu...

Acoutic neuromas operated at UMMC from 2001 to 2006 were retrospectively reviewed. There were a total of 27 cases. All tumors were large, measuring more than 2 cm. Hearing loss was the most common presenting symptom (63%), followed by headache (52%), dysequilibrium (30%), facial numbness (30%), tinnitus (26%) and gait disturbances (15%). Eleven (41%) of patients had hydrocephalus at the time of...

patient was resting, causing contraction of all the muscles innervated by the left seventh cranial nerve. MR angiography revealed a neurovascular compression of the left facial nerve by the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) (figures 1 and 2). The patient was taken to surgery and a microvascular decompression through a retrosigmoid approach was performed. Facial nerve function monitorin...

Objective. Reporting of a rare case of postoperative submandibular gland swelling following craniotomy. Case Report. A 33-year-old male underwent resection for a brain tumor under general anesthesia. The tumor was resected via a retrosigmoid suboccipital approach and the patient was placed in a lateral position with his face down and turned to the right. Slight swelling of the right submandibul...

To estimate the duration of postoperative headache after surgery for acoustic neuroma and the effects of age, sex, tumor size, extent of tumor resection, type of skin incision, surgical duration, hearing preservation, and postoperative facial nerve palsy. This retrospective review analyzed clinical data from 97 patients who had undergone surgery for unilateral acoustic neuroma via the retrosigm...

Appropriate placement of the keyhole at the transverse and sigmoid sinus (T/S) junction is important for performance of safe and accurate lateral suboccipital craniotomy with minimum bone loss. Here, we report a method for predicting the position of the T/S junction and investigate the relationship between the T/S junction and asterion. The subjects were 88 patients treated surgically via a lat...