title: Respiratory epithelial cyst in the cerebellopontine angle.
abstract: The authors report a case with a cerebellopontine angle cystic mass. Computed tomography scan failed to demonstrate the lesion. Vertebral angiogram revealed an extra-axial lesion in the cerebellopontine angle. After successful surgical removal, it was found to be a respiratory epithelial lining cyst. The literature and histogenesis of this lesion are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Chung Gung Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed