Cystic Trigeminal Neurinoma at Cerebellopontine Angle.
- Author:
Woo Jae KIM
1
;
Jung Yul PARK
;
Yong Gu CHUNG
;
Heung Seob CHUNG
;
Ki Chan LEE
;
Hoon Kap LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College, Korea University, Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Neurinoma;
Trigeminal nerve;
Cerebellopontine angle;
Cystic tumor
- MeSH:
Cerebellopontine Angle*;
Neurilemmoma*;
Neuroma, Acoustic;
Trigeminal Nerve
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1997;26(12):1718-1722
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
About 10% of all intracranial tumors occur at the cerebellopontine angle(CPA). While the most common of these, accounting for about 75% of the total, are acoustic neurinomas, these-with widly varying histology-also comprise a significant portion. One of these is trigeminal neurinoma, which account for about 2-10% of all CPA tumors ; a cystic lesion is even rarer. The authors report a case of large cystic trigeminal neurinoma at the cerebellopontine angle and review of the pertinent literature.
