Brain stem stroke associated with epidermoid tumours: report of two cases.
Two cases of cerebello-pontine angle epidermoid tumour presented with the clinical findings of brain stem stroke. Preoperative imaging showed stretching of branches of the basilar artery. Brain stem stroke as a presenting feature of cerebello-pontine angle epidermoid tumour has not been reported before.
Department of Neurosurgery, Uludag University, School of Medicine, Gorukle, 16059 Bursa, Turkey. selsus@uludag.edu.tr
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D000328:Adult; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*