Cerebellopontine Angle Lipoma Representing Trigeminal Neuralgia: Case Report.
- Author:
Choong Seon YOO
1
;
Han Kyu KIM
;
Yong Soon HWANG
;
Jae Gin MOON
;
Hwa Dong LEE
;
Young Duk JOH
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Pusan, Korea Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Intracranial lipoma;
Cerebellopontine angle tumor;
Trigeminal neuralgia
- MeSH:
Adult;
Biopsy;
Cerebellopontine Angle*;
Decompression;
Decompression, Surgical;
Facial Pain;
Humans;
Lipoma*;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Neuroma, Acoustic;
Trigeminal Nerve;
Trigeminal Neuralgia*
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1994;23(11):1344-1348
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A case of rare symptomatic cerebellopontine angle lipoma treated by surgical decompression is described. In this 28-year-old male with intermittent facial pain 17 years, a mass was noted in the right cerebellopontine angle on C-T and MRI. Partial removal of the mass was made for decompression of the lesion from the trigeminal nerve root entry zone. The surgical biopsy results was lipoma. This represents, to our knowledge, the first lipoma in the cerebellopontine angle reportes in the Korean literature.
