title: Cystic cavernous malformation of the cerebellopontine angle.
abstract: A 46 year old male presented with a cerebellopontine angle syndrome. CT scan and MRI revealed a cystic mass with a solid nodule in the cerebellopontine angle. At surgery, a vascular lesion was encountered which was totally excised in two stages. The histopathology was consistent with that of a cavernous malformation. Only four such cases have been reported so far in the English literature. The clinical and radiological features and the surgical management are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Vajramani
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Devi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hegde
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Srikanth
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Shankar
mesh_terms: D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray