Surgical Approach to the Cavernous Sinus for a Trigeminal Schwannoma Resection: Technical Note and Case Report

We report a rare case of schwannoma of the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus, an exceedingly rare lesion affecting this anatomical district, and discuss salient aspects of the surgical approach to the cavernous sinus, which are traditionally considered technically challenging due to the high risk...

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Autores principales: Caruso, Riccardo, Pesce, Alessandro, Wierzbicki, Venceslao, Marrocco, Luigi, Piccione, Emanuele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27803834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6458189
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author Caruso, Riccardo
Pesce, Alessandro
Wierzbicki, Venceslao
Marrocco, Luigi
Piccione, Emanuele
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description We report a rare case of schwannoma of the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus, an exceedingly rare lesion affecting this anatomical district, and discuss salient aspects of the surgical approach to the cavernous sinus, which are traditionally considered technically challenging due to the high risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality related to the presence of the cranial nerves and internal carotid artery.
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spelling pubmed-50756112016-11-01 Surgical Approach to the Cavernous Sinus for a Trigeminal Schwannoma Resection: Technical Note and Case Report Caruso, Riccardo Pesce, Alessandro Wierzbicki, Venceslao Marrocco, Luigi Piccione, Emanuele Case Rep Surg Case Report We report a rare case of schwannoma of the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus, an exceedingly rare lesion affecting this anatomical district, and discuss salient aspects of the surgical approach to the cavernous sinus, which are traditionally considered technically challenging due to the high risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality related to the presence of the cranial nerves and internal carotid artery. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5075611/ /pubmed/27803834 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6458189 Text en Copyright © 2016 Riccardo Caruso et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pesce, Alessandro
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Surgical Approach to the Cavernous Sinus for a Trigeminal Schwannoma Resection: Technical Note and Case Report
title Surgical Approach to the Cavernous Sinus for a Trigeminal Schwannoma Resection: Technical Note and Case Report
title_full Surgical Approach to the Cavernous Sinus for a Trigeminal Schwannoma Resection: Technical Note and Case Report
title_fullStr Surgical Approach to the Cavernous Sinus for a Trigeminal Schwannoma Resection: Technical Note and Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Surgical Approach to the Cavernous Sinus for a Trigeminal Schwannoma Resection: Technical Note and Case Report
title_short Surgical Approach to the Cavernous Sinus for a Trigeminal Schwannoma Resection: Technical Note and Case Report
title_sort surgical approach to the cavernous sinus for a trigeminal schwannoma resection: technical note and case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27803834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6458189
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