From: Cystic cavernous malformation of the cerebellopontine angle: Case report and literature review
NO | Author/Year | Age/Sex | History | Symptoms | Radiological findings | Surgical findings | Outcome |
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1 | Iplikçioğlu/1986 [5] | 30/Male | 7 years | Hearing loss, facial palsy, facial sensory loss, headache | CT: solid cystic lesion with a large cyst and small nodules; slight enhancement of cyst wall; calcification within the nodules | Bluish-gray lesion with xanthochromic fluid. The lesion was adherent to the brain stem and 7th and 8th cranial nerves. The lesion did not have a rich blood supply. | Symptoms were not resolved and left facial palsy and hearing loss persisted. |
2 | Brunori/1996 [6] | 60/Male | 2 months | Facial sensory loss, tinnitus, vertigo, ataxia | MRI: solid cystic lesion with multiple cysts; marked enhancement of the solid component; hemosiderin deposition rim bordering the lesion | Reddish-blue, mulberry like lesion with xanthochromic fluid. The lesion was adherent to the brain stem and 7th and 8th cranial nerves. The lesion had a rich blood supply. | The patient died due to massive hemorrhage on the third postoperative day. |
3 | Vajramani/1998 [7] | 46/Male | 7 months | Headache, tinnitus, vertigo, hearing loss, right cerebellar signs | CT and MRI: solid cystic lesion with a large cyst and small nodules; the nodules were enhanced after contrast administration | Red lesion with xanthochromic fluid. The lesion was adherent to the brain stem and was excised in two stages. The lesion had a rich blood supply. | Symptoms were not resolved but no complications developed. |
4 | Stevenson/2005 [8] | 57/Male | Not available | Hearing loss, tinnitus, facial numbness and facial sensory loss, ataxia | MRI: solid cystic lesion a large cyst; the cystic wall was enhanced | Lobulated lesion with xanthochromic fluid. The lesion was adherent to the brain stem and the 5th, 7th-11th cranial nerves. The lesion had a rich blood supply. | Good recovery. |
5 | Present case/2010 | 50/Male | 6 months | Impaired hearing, vertigo, ataxia, facial numbness | MRI: solid cystic lesion with a posterior cystic component; marked enhancement of the solid component on contrast-enhanced MRI | Red lesion adherent to the brainstem, cerebellum, and 5th, 7th, and 8th cranial nerves. The lesion had a rich blood supply. | Good prognosis |