A case of Meckel’s cave epidermoid cyst with unilateral abducens nerve paresis as the sole presentation

A case of Meckel’s cave epidermoid cyst with unilateral abducens nerve paresis as the sole presentation

Background: Meckel’s cave is a space lateral to cavernous sinus that hosts trigeminal nerve. Cranial nerves (CN) pass from its adjacency through cavernous sinus. There has been no report of Meckel’s cave tumor with CN VI involvement while other nerves, especially trigeminal nerve, remaining preserve...

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Main Authors: Guive Sharifi, Esmaeil Mohammadi, Ali Jafari, Elena Jamali, Sofia Sabouri, Nader Akbari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Subjects:
Skull base
Epidermoid cyst
Meckel’s cave
Trigeminal nerve
Microsurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221475192200127X

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