Lipoma of the cerebellopontine angle: case reports and literature review

Two patients with cerebellopontine angle (CPA) lipoma were studied. They were submitted to surgical treatment. Available literature was reviewed and 29 cases with same lesion were identified which had been treated by surgery. Clinical manifestations, possibility of diagnostic methods, surgical indic...

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Main Authors: Marcelo P. Ferreira, Nelson P. Ferreira, Rene Lenhardt
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1994-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1994000100010&lng=en&tlng=en
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description Two patients with cerebellopontine angle (CPA) lipoma were studied. They were submitted to surgical treatment. Available literature was reviewed and 29 cases with same lesion were identified which had been treated by surgery. Clinical manifestations, possibility of diagnostic methods, surgical indications and treatment strategies are discussed. Attention is called to the peculiarities of CPA lipomas and the doubtful vality of attempting complete excision in all cases.
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spellingShingle Marcelo P. Ferreira
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Lipoma of the cerebellopontine angle: case reports and literature review
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cirurgia
title Lipoma of the cerebellopontine angle: case reports and literature review
title_full Lipoma of the cerebellopontine angle: case reports and literature review
title_fullStr Lipoma of the cerebellopontine angle: case reports and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Lipoma of the cerebellopontine angle: case reports and literature review
title_short Lipoma of the cerebellopontine angle: case reports and literature review
title_sort lipoma of the cerebellopontine angle case reports and literature review
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lipoma
cirurgia
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