title: Unusual cerebello-pontine angle tumours.
abstract: Fifty-nine unusual cerebello-pontine angle tumours have been studied. These lesions represent 19.3 per cent or 1 in 5 of a series of 305 cerebello-pontine angle tumours of which the rest, 246 (80.7 per cent), were acoustic neuromas. An analysis of the relative incidence, histology and presenting clinical features has been carried out. The various radiographical features and imaging techniques used to diagnose these fascinating tumours have been described and also the otoneurosurgical procedures necessary to excise them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otoneurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Moffat
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: McElveen
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: McFerran
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Hardy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D002648:Child; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005925:Glomus Jugulare Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009463:Neuroma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed