Successful removal of an intrapontine haematoma.
A patient with progressive signs and symptoms suggestive of a pontine lesion is described. Intracranial investigations, CAT scan, vertebral angiography, and lumbar pneumoencephalogram revealed a space-occupying lesion of the pons and midbrain. The exact nature of the lesion was not established before the operation. A posterior fossa exploration was performed and a pontine haematoma was discovered and evacuated. The pathological specimen was designated as a cryptic arteriovenous malformation. Preoperative neurological deficits disappeared except for minimal left sixth nerve palsy and mild truncal ataxia.
D000293:Adolescent; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*