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Cerebellopontine Angle*

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Blinking* ; Cerebellopontine Angle* ; Neuroma, Acoustic*

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Blinking* ; Cerebellopontine Angle* ; Neuroma, Acoustic*

Trapped fourth ventricle is a rare clinical entity. It presents as a posterior fossa mass lesion. A case of trapped fourth ventricle which developed after surgery of cystic neurocysticercosis located at the cerebellopontine angle is presented. The authors reviewed the literatures of the trapped fourth ventricle and discussed the pathogenesis as well as the management of this rare clinical entity.
Cerebellopontine Angle ; Fourth Ventricle* ; Neurocysticercosis

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Cerebellopontine Angle* ; Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring* ; Neuroma, Acoustic*

The transpetrosal transtentorial supra- and infratentorial combined approach has been used by many skull base surgeons for the total removal of large tumors in the cerebellopontine, petroclival, and dumbbell-shaped mass of the middle and posterior cranial bases. When surgeons use the retrolabyrinthine approach for hearing preservation, adequate exposure of the presigmoid dura might be hard to achive. In order to get a wider operating field with hearing preservation, the authors used the transpetrosal approach with partial labyrinthectomy for a large dermoid cyst in the cerebellopontine angle which extened to the middle cranial base through the Meckel's cave.
Cerebellopontine Angle ; Dermoid Cyst ; Hearing* ; Skull Base

Intracranial ependymal cysts are rare, congenital, benign lesions. These commonly occur in the supratentorial regions and usually generate no symptoms. The cerebellopontine angle (CPA) is an extremely rare site for ependymal cysts. Furthermore, there are no previous reports of CPA ependymal cysts related to syncope. We report a case of ependymal cyst in the left CPA with syncope. The patient underwent a cardiologic evaluation for syncope after admission, but there were no definite cardiologic abnormal findings. He underwent fenestration into the subarachnoid space, and the pathologic diagnosis revealed an ependymal cyst. We analyzed this case with review of other literatures.
Cerebellopontine Angle ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Subarachnoid Space ; Syncope*

Primary intracranial epidermoid carcinoma is an extremly rare sequela of epidermoid cysts. The authors had experienced a case of primary intracranial epidermoid carcinoma in the right cerebellopontine angle. Here, we report clinical, radiological, and histopathological features of this neoplasm with review of literatures.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Cerebellopontine Angle ; Epidermal Cyst

A fenestration of the vertebral artery is considered to be an unusual vascular variation that is defined as a bypass artery along the extracranial or at intracranial segment of the artery. A fenestration of the vertebral artery associated with an arteriovenous malformation at the cerebellopontine angle is extremely rare. We report a case of the ruptured arteriovenous malformation with a fenestration of vertebral artery. The embryologic genesis and clinical significance of a fenestration of the vertebral artery are discussed.
Arteries ; Arteriovenous Malformations* ; Cerebellopontine Angle* ; Vertebral Artery*

With large CPA tumors, the goal of surgery is safe total removal of the tumors and preservation of nearby neural structures. Although the suboccipital approach can be made for large CPA tumors, combined approach is more preferable method for the wide exposure of the CPA including brain stem and the lower cranial nerves. We have recently experienced favorable results by combined approach. Total removal of large tumors were obtained by these approaches. The authors present surgical points of view and a brief review of literature.
Brain Stem ; Cerebellopontine Angle ; Cranial Nerves