Acoustic schwannoma and epidermoid cyst occurring as a single cerebellopontine angle mass.
The case of a 66-year-old man with a 3-year progressive hearing loss and a homogeneous left cerebellopontine angle mass on magnetic resonance imaging scan is described. At surgery, the major portion of the mass was a typical encapsulated, solid, acoustic schwannoma, but the most rostral portion was a distinct, flaky, cystic mass without a well-defined capsule, typical of an epidermoid cyst. The radiographic and operative findings of this unique coexistence of two different benign cerebellopontine angle masses are presented.
Goodman
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Department of Neurosurgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York.
Torres
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RA
McMurtry
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JG
D000368:Aged; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery