J Korean Neurosurg Soc.
1997 Dec;26(12):1718-1722.
Cystic Trigeminal Neurinoma at Cerebellopontine Angle
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College, Korea University, Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
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.
