Retrosigmoid Approach for Resection of Cerebellopontine Angle Meningioma

Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar; Yair M. Gozal; Gmaan Alzhrani; William T. Couldwell

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1669975

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

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2018; 79(S 05): S407-S408
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1669975

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Retrosigmoid Approach for Resection of Cerebellopontine Angle Meningioma

Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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Yair M. Gozal

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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Gmaan Alzhrani

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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William T. Couldwell

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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meningioma - retrosigmoid approach - cerebellopontine angle - craniotomy

Fig. 1 (A) Preoperative axial and (B) coronal magnetic resonance images of a cerebellopontine angle meningioma, causing significant brainstem compression. (C, D) Postoperative magnetic resonance images (C, axial; D, coronal), showing gross-total resection.

Fig. 2 Intraoperative image showing left retrosigmoid craniotomy for resection of the mass.

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Fig. 1 (A) Preoperative axial and (B) coronal magnetic resonance images of a cerebellopontine angle meningioma, causing significant brainstem compression. (C, D) Postoperative magnetic resonance images (C, axial; D, coronal), showing gross-total resection.

Fig. 2 Intraoperative image showing left retrosigmoid craniotomy for resection of the mass.