ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF AN UNUSUAL MULTICYSTIC LESION OF THE BRAIN-STEM - CASE-REPORT

Authors
SCHROEDER HWS GAAB MR WARZOK RW
Citation
Hws. Schroeder et al., ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF AN UNUSUAL MULTICYSTIC LESION OF THE BRAIN-STEM - CASE-REPORT, British journal of neurosurgery, 10(2), 1996, pp. 193-196
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
British journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02688697
Volume
10
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
193 - 196
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(1996)10:2<193:ETOAUM>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We report a 32-year-old woman who presented with headache, mild hemipa resis and clumsiness of the right hand. CT and MRT revealed a multicys tic formation of the brainstem involving the thalamus and midbrain. We inspected the formation endoscopically and fenestrated some of the cy sts. In one of the cysts we found an anomalous vascular nidus. Postope rative MRI revealed reduction of the fenestrated cysts. The patient is doing well 13 months after endoscopy and has no neurological deficit.