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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-16
pubmed:abstractText
About 10% of the tumourous lesions in the cerebellopontine angle are meningiomas according to the literature. Evidently, these tumours differ from the other lesions by their clinical presentation as well as by the surgical results, which will be presented in the following article. PATIENT MATERIAL: We report on 26 patients (22 females, 4 males: age distribution 45-81 years, mean 63 years) operated on CPAM's in the last 8 years. Clinical history lasted from 2 weeks to 9 years (mean 17 months). Cerebellar symptoms were the most frequent findings (n = 22), followed by cranial nerve (V, VII, and VIII) deficits (n = 12) and signs of increased intracranial pressure (n = 7). In 3 clinically asymptomatic cases the lesion was found incidentally, and there was 1 patient with a recurrent lesion. The radiological procedures included CT-scan in 17 patients, MR-imaging in 18, MR-angiography in 2 cases and angiography in 2 cases. Hydrocephalus was demonstrated in 8 cases. Tumour size ranged from 2.8 to 7 cm (mean 4.2 cm). All patients underwent osteoclastic craniotomy with complete tumour removal. Temporary CSF-drainage was necessary in 8 cases, monitoring was done in 9 patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-3843
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
107-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-7-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Angiography, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Cerebellar Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Cerebellopontine Angle, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Craniotomy, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Hydrocephalus, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Intracranial Aneurysm, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Magnetic Resonance Angiography, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Meningioma, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Tomography, X-Ray Computed, pubmed-meshheading:11452845-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Cerebellopontine angle meningiomas (cpam)--clinical characteristics and surgical results.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurosurgical Department, Klinikum Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany. nch.manfred.lange@klinikumvs.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article