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KMID : 0376419830070010217
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Chonbuk University Medical Journal
1983 Volume.7 No. 1 p.217 ~ p.221
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A Case of Trigeminal Neurinoma
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Abstract
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Trigeminal neurinoma located only in the cerebello-pontine angle is rarely encountered and it usually accompanies cerebellar signs. Trigeminal neurinoma is commonly arisel from the Gasserian ganglion and located in the middle cranial fossa or extended into the posterior cranial fossa as dumbbell shape.
A rare case of trigeminal neurinoma located only in t´le right cerebello-pontine angle without any evidences of cerebellar signs is presented. The patient was 65 year-oId man who had trigeminal neuralgia on the right mandibular area. The tumor arised from the sheath of the right trigerninal nerve root of the cerebellopontine angle. It was successfully removed without injury to the nerve itself under the surgical microscope.
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