title: Surgery of a cavernous angioma making a tunnel between the fourth ventricle and tubercle.
abstract: We removed a cavernous angioma, making a tunnel between the fourth ventricle and tubercle using the traction-dissection method. Cavernous angioma with such a distribution is extremely rare, and we manipulated the mass differently to minimize surgical damage. Intraoperative findings and technical considerations are made.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kyoshima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okudera
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D020295:Brain Stem Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004210:Dissection; D005260:Female; D020546:Fourth Ventricle / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged