ISSN:
1433-0350
Keywords:
Meningioma
;
Interpeduncular cistern
;
Oculomotor nerve
;
Child
;
Total excision
;
Pterional approach
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The authors describe an 8-year-old boy who presented with progressive oculomotor palsy on the left side. The diagnostic evaluation with computerized transmission tomography (CTT), metrizamide CTT cisternography, and angiography indicated an extra-axial tumor in the left interpeduncular cistern, extending into the suprasellar and prepontine cisterns. A meningioma was demonstrated with attachment only to the interpeduncular portion of the left oculomotor nerve. The patient was treated successfully by complete removal through a pterional approach.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00706693
