Microsurgical Resection of the Epidermoid Tumor in the Cerebellopontine Angle

Mirza Pojskić; Kenan I. Arnautović

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1677499

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): S327-S328
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1677499

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Microsurgical Resection of the Epidermoid Tumor in the Cerebellopontine Angle

Mirza Pojskić

¹Department of Neurosurgery, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

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Kenan I. Arnautović

²Semmes Murphey, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

³Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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cerebellopontine angle - epidermoid tumor - epidermoid tumor cyst - microsurgery

Fig. 1 (A) Preoperative axial MRI, (B) axial diffusion-weighted imaging, and (C) coronal MRI of epidermoid tumor in the right CPA. (D) Postoperative axial MRI, (E) axial diffusion-weighted imaging, and (F) coronal MRI demonstrating complete resection of tumor. CPA, cerebellopontine angle; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.

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Fig. 1 (A) Preoperative axial MRI, (B) axial diffusion-weighted imaging, and (C) coronal MRI of epidermoid tumor in the right CPA. (D) Postoperative axial MRI, (E) axial diffusion-weighted imaging, and (F) coronal MRI demonstrating complete resection of tumor. CPA, cerebellopontine angle; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.