Trigeminal schwannomas (TS) are rare tumors that are located in the posterior and middle cranial fossae in about a quarter of the cases. The presentation pattern is different according to the involved compartment and the goal of surgery is complete removal. We present the case of a 35-year old woman who presented a left sided TS extending from the posterior to the middle fossa and cavernous sin...

OBJECT Postresection hydrocephalus is observed in approximately 30% of pediatric patients with posterior fossa tumors. However, which patients will develop postresection hydrocephalus is not known. The Canadian Preoperative Prediction Rule for Hydrocephalus (CPPRH) was developed in an attempt to identify this subset of patients, allowing for the optimization of their care. The authors sought to...

Corresponding Author: Seddighi A. MD Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Functional Neurosurgery Research Center of ShohadaTajrishHospital Tehran, Iran. Tel: +982188265188 Cell Phone: +98 9121852917 Email: [email protected] Abstract Objective Primary brain tumors are the most common solid neoplasms of childhood, representing 20% of all pediatric tumors. The best current estimates place the inciden...

Glomus tympanicum and jugulare tumors arise within the middle ear and jugular fossa, respectively, but often extend into the adjacent areas of the skull base and posterior fossa. Multiple branches of the external carotid, internal carotid, and vertebral arteries may contribute to the vascular supply of these lesions. The arteriograms of 15 patients with glomus tumors were correlated with the su...

AIM The anatomic characters and applicability of the extended pterional transtemporal transtentorial (EPTT) approach versus the subtemporal transtentorial (ST) approach for surgical treatment of petroclival tumors were evaluated. MATERIAL AND METHODS Ten sides from five adult Chinese injected cadavers were manipulated using both two approaches. Four deep bony anatomic landmarks were specified...

Background: Petroclival meningiomas (PCMs) are technically challenging lesions. Although the standard retrosigmoid approach is one of the most effective approaches, this route may have some limitations for the tumors extending into the supratentorial region and middle cranial fossa. We provide a modified surgical technique called retrosigmoid-transtentorial approach (RTTA) to solve these proble...