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Surgical Treatment of an Endolymphatic Sac Tumor
Published on: May 26, 2023
[Diagnosis and treatment of jugular foramen neurinomas]
Kan Cheng1, Jian-kang Shen, Wei-guo Zhao
1Department of Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 200025, China. bhccn@sh163.net
Objective:
To study the clinical features and treatments of jugular foramen neurinomas. The approximate approach and proper exposure regions of jugular foramen tumour were discussed in this paper.
Methods:
Fourteen cases of jugular foramen neurinomas were diagnosed by CT, MRI, DSA and 3D-CT reconstruction preoperatively. The tumours were resected by far lateral infra-temporal approach. The classification and relative operative approaches were discussed.
Results:
Among 14 patients, total removal were achieved in 8 cases, subtotal removal in 4 cases and partial removal in the other 2 cases. All patients got good recovering. No serious complications correlating the approaches occurred except one case of facial paralysis.
Conclusion:
The far later infratentorial approach was suggested to be more suitable for surgery upon neurinomas of jugular foramen.
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