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Surgical results in unusual cerebellopontine angle tumours

1996; Wiley; Volume: 21; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1365-2273.1996.tb01733.x

1749-4486

Philip Grey, David Moffat, D. G. Hardy,

Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

Vestibular schwannomas account for 84% of cerebellopontine angle (CPA) lesions. The remaining CPA tumours comprise a fascinating group of lesions which may present in a similar fashion. Fortunately, advances in neuroradiology have increased our diagnostic accuracy of these lesions. This paper describes the surgical results of a series of 69 CPA lesions which were not vestibular schwannomas. The majority of these unusual CPA tumours were meningiomas, cholesteatomas and neuromas of other cranial nerves in the posterior fossa.