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Brain stem stroke associated with epidermoid tumours: report of two cases
S Yilmazlar1, H Kocaeli, T Cordan
1Department of Neurosurgery, Uludag University, School of Medicine, Gorukle, 16059 Bursa, Turkey. selsus@uludag.edu.tr
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
|August 18, 2004
Abstract:
Two cases of cerebello-pontine angle epidermoid tumour presented with the clinical findings of brain stem stroke. Preoperative imaging showed stretching of branches of the basilar artery. Brain stem stroke as a presenting feature of cerebello-pontine angle epidermoid tumour has not been reported before.
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