Microsurgical Resection of Cerebellopontine Angle Meningioma

Duarte N. C. Cândido; Gustavo A. R. Passos; Marcio S. Rassi; Jean Gonçalves de Oliveira; Luis A. B. Borba

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1677493

Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2019; 80(S 03): S305-S307
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1677493

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Microsurgical Resection of Cerebellopontine Angle Meningioma

Duarte N. C. Cândido

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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Gustavo A. R. Passos

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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Marcio S. Rassi

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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Jean Gonçalves de Oliveira

²Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences (FCMSCSP), Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

³Division of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base surgery, Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery Associates (CENNA), Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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Luis A. B. Borba

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

⁴Department of Neurosurgery, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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cerebellopontine angle - meningioma - skull base - tumor

Fig. 1 (A) Osseous demonstration of the region involved in the retrosigmoid approach; (B) identification of the lower cranial nerves; (C) preservation of the VII/VIII nerves complex, V nerves and Petrosal Vein (PV) after tumor resection. Tu, tumor.

Fig. 2 (A and B) Preoperative MRI demonstrating the tumor extension to the pre- and postmeatal region of the left cerebellopontine angle; (C and D) postoperative MRI with complete tumor removal. MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.

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1 Sammii M, Gerganov VM. Cerebellopontine angle meningiomas. In: Al-Mefty O, DeMonte F, McDermott M. , eds. Al-Mefty's Meningiomas. 2nd ed. New York: Thieme; 2011: 262-269

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Fig. 1 (A) Osseous demonstration of the region involved in the retrosigmoid approach; (B) identification of the lower cranial nerves; (C) preservation of the VII/VIII nerves complex, V nerves and Petrosal Vein (PV) after tumor resection. Tu, tumor.

Fig. 2 (A and B) Preoperative MRI demonstrating the tumor extension to the pre- and postmeatal region of the left cerebellopontine angle; (C and D) postoperative MRI with complete tumor removal. MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.