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Table 1 Clinical data for the five cases of cystic CMs in the CPA

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

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