1. [Pterygopalatine fossa schwannoma. Endoscopic approach].
- Author
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Rosique-López L, Rosique-Arias M, and Sánchez-Celemin FJ
- Subjects
- Cranial Nerve Neoplasms pathology, Cranial Nerve Neoplasms surgery, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Neurilemmoma pathology, Trigeminal Nerve pathology, Endoscopy methods, Neurilemmoma surgery, Pterygopalatine Fossa pathology, Pterygopalatine Fossa surgery
- Abstract
We expose the anatomical characteristics of the pterygopalatine fossa (FPP) and the pathology that can cause it. Below is the surgical experience in a case of schwannoma of FPP five centimeters in diameter that could be removed by transnasal endoscopic surgery, being unnecessary an external surgery. Schwannomas constitute the 8-10% of intracranial tumors, normally localized in the vestibular branch of the VIII cranial nerve. A schwannoma of a branche of the trigeminal lnerve in the pterigopalatine fossa is exceptional.
- Published
- 2010