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Case Report
doi:
10.4103/0976-3147.112772
A rare case of an extra.axial cavernous angioma in the cerebellopontine angle
Department of Neurosurgery, Suraksha Hospital, Vijayawada, India
1Department of Neurosurgery, Adarsh Hospital, V.L Puram, Rajahmundry, India
2Departments of Pathology, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
3Department of Radiology, Suraksha Hospital, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Address for correspondence:
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Ghanta
Department of Neurosurgery, Suraksha Hospital
Anjamma Street, Prajashakti Nagar, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
India
ghantarajesh@yahoo.co.in
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
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This article was originally published by Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd. and was migrated to Scientific Scholar after the change of Publisher.
This article was originally published by Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd. and was migrated to Scientific Scholar after the change of Publisher.
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Intracranial extra‑axial cavernous angiomas are rare lesions. We report a rare case of extra‑axial cavernous angioma in the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) in a 50‑year‑old male, who presented with lower cranial nerve palsy and gait ataxia. Computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain showed a hyperdense lesion in the left cerebellopontine angle. The lesion was totally excised by the retrosigmoid approach and a pathological examination confirmed the lesion to be a cavernous angioma. Following surgery, the lower cranial nerve palsy recovered significantly
Keywords
Cavernous angioma
cerebellopontine angle
cavernous hemangioma
Conflict of Interest
None declared
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