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Unusual cerebello-pontine angle tumours

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

David A. Moffat ,
James E. Saunders ,
John T. McElveen Jr ,
Donald J. McFerran  and
David G. Hardy
David A. Moffat*
Affiliation:
Department of Otoneurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ
James E. Saunders
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina, USA
John T. McElveen Jr
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Donald J. McFerran
Affiliation:
Department of Otoneurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ
David G. Hardy
Affiliation:
Department of Otoneurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ
*
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ
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Abstract

Fifty-nine unusual cerebello-pontine angle tumours have been studied. These lesions represent 19.3 per cent or 1 in 5 of a series of 305 cerebello-pontine angle tumours of which the rest, 246 (80.7 per cent), were acoustic neuromas. An analysis of the relative incidence, histology and presenting clinical features has been carried out. The various radiographical features and imaging techniques used to diagnose these fascinating tumours have been described and also the otoneurosurgical procedures necessary to excise them.

Keywords

Cerebello-pontine angleNeoplasms
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 12 , December 1993 , pp. 1087 - 1098
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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