title: Eumycetoma presenting as a cerebellopontine angle mass lesion.
abstract: Eumycetoma in the cerebellopontine angle region is extremely uncommon with no case being reported as per an extensive review of the literature by the authors. The authors report a case of cerebellopontine angle eumycetoma in a young female managed by subtotal decompression and antifungal treatment. The pre-operative diagnosis of eumycetoma in this location is extremely difficult and the role of histopathology is very important to characterize this uncommon lesion. The prognosis of this bizarre pathology is dismal despite all treatment modalities as compared to the usual tumors of the cerebellopontine angle that generally have a favorable outcome.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors: Narayanam Anantha
authors: NA
authors: Sai Kiran
authors: Manish Kumar
authors: MK
authors: Kasliwal
authors: Ashish
authors: A
authors: Suri
authors: Bhawani Shanker
authors: BS
authors: Sharma
authors: Vaishali
authors: V
authors: Suri
authors: Asit Ranjan
authors: AR
authors: Mridha
authors: Mehar Chand
authors: MC
authors: Sharma
authors: Ajay
authors: A
authors: Garg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000175:diagnosis; D001933:Brain Stem; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D021681:Scedosporium; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B; D007654:Ketoconazole