Cerebellopontine angle cyst compressing the vagus nerve: case report
| Autor: | Stephen V. Tornabene, Melanie G. Hayden, Andy Nguyen, John F. Alksne, Apurva Thekdi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Vagus Nerve Diseases medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Nerve Compression Syndromes Magnetic resonance imaging Cerebellopontine Angle Middle Aged medicine.disease Cerebellopontine angle Dysphagia Surgery Vagus nerve Arachnoid Cysts Arachnoid cyst medicine Humans Cyst Neurology (clinical) Vocal cord paralysis medicine.symptom Presentation (obstetrics) business |
| Zdroj: | Neurosurgery. 60(6) |
| ISSN: | 1524-4040 |
| Popis: | Objective The cerebellopontine angle (CPA) is a rare location for an arachnoid cyst. We describe a patient with a CPA arachnoid cyst who presented with hoarseness (unilateral vocal cord paralysis) and dysphagia secondary to isolated compression of the vagus nerve. This rare presentation of a CPA arachnoid cyst has not been reported previously. Clinical presentation The patient described is a 50-year-old man who experienced a precipitous onset of hoarseness and dsyphagia. An otolaryngological evaluation revealed right-sided vocal cord paralysis. Brain magnetic resonance images displayed a cystic mass at the right CPA and anterior displacement of the vagus nerve. Intervention The patient underwent retrosigmoidal craniectomy with cyst fenestration, which was well tolerated. Intraoperatively, Cranial Nerve X was found splayed over the cyst and was consequently decompressed. Conclusion Postoperatively, the patient's dysphagia completely resolved. However, the results of a laryngeal electromyocardiogram revealed minimal evidence of recovery in the affected vocal fold, and the patient continued to suffer from dysphonia. Although CPA arachnoid cysts are rare, they should be considered when a patient presents with an isolated cranial nerve palsy. Treatment options include cyst fenestration and cranial nerve decompression. |
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