Intracranial neurinomas of the nerves of the jugular foramen. Report of 12 personal cases.
12 patients, 10 women and 2 men, were operated on for removal of a jugular foramen neurinoma. Removal was total in 11 cases and operative mortality was 16.6%. As there are no clinical or instrumental signs that permit sure distinction between these tumours and those of the cerebellopontine angle, only a thorough radiological study of the jugular foramen allows correct diagnosis. Often, however, the diagnosis is made during the operation.
D000055:Accessory Nerve; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005930:Glossopharyngeal Nerve; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014630:Vagus Nerve