Cystic cavernous malformation of the cerebellopontine angle.
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.
Vajramani
G V
GV
Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India.
Devi
B I
BI
Hegde
T
T
Srikanth
S G
SG
Shankar
S K
SK
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