title: [Cholesterol cyst-granuloma on petrous apex. Report of a case and differential diagnosis].
abstract: Cholesterol granulomas and cysts located on the petrous apex can course of a silent way during years. We describe one case assisted in our consulting rooms which was discovered after performing CT and MRI (with and without paramagnetic contrast) in a patient with vertigo associated to conscience loss without other symptoms. In the discussion is exposed which must be the differential diagnosis of this pathology.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Campo Arañuelo - Navalmoral de la Mata, Cáceres. vicentepinorivero@terra.com
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pino Rivero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Carmona
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sánchez García
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Iglesias González
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: del Castillo Beneyto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002784:Cholesterol; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010579:Petrous Bone
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol