Eumycetoma presenting as a cerebellopontine angle mass lesion.
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.
Sai Kiran
Narayanam Anantha
NA
Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.
Kasliwal
Manish Kumar
MK
Suri
Ashish
A
Sharma
Bhawani Shanker
BS
Suri
Vaishali
V
Mridha
Asit Ranjan
AR
Sharma
Mehar Chand
MC
Garg
Ajay
A
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
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B; D007654:Ketoconazole