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Evidence for the Vascular Origin of Benign Enhancing Foramen Magnum Lesions via Intraoperative Photographs: Case Report and Review of the Literature

A small, benign enhancing lesion posterior to the intracranial vertebral artery at the foramen magnum is a recently described image-based entity and believed to represent varix or ganglion. We report on an individual who underwent surgery due to a hybrid neurofibroma/schwannoma of the trigeminal ner...

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Autores principales: Rosskopf, Johannes, Schmitz, Bernd, Beer, Meinrad, Pala, Andrej, Kim, Soung Yung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8791429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35111441
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20753
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Sumario:A small, benign enhancing lesion posterior to the intracranial vertebral artery at the foramen magnum is a recently described image-based entity and believed to represent varix or ganglion. We report on an individual who underwent surgery due to a hybrid neurofibroma/schwannoma of the trigeminal nerve and additionally presented a small gadolinium-enhancing lesion in the right spinal canal at the level of the craniocervical junction (CCJ). The intraoperative finding of this enhancing lesion most likely represents the lateral internal vertebral venous plexus which does not require follow up or surgical excision.