Eighth nerve lipoma. Case report

J Neurosurg. 1980 Sep;53(3):397-400. doi: 10.3171/jns.1980.53.3.0397.

Abstract

A case of lipoma of the right eighth cranial nerve in the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) is presented. The patient had a clinical, diagnostic, surgical, and postoperative course similar to that of patients with other small CPA tumors. The literature on this rare CPA tumor is reviewed and discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cerebellopontine Angle / diagnostic imaging
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / ultrastructure
  • Humans
  • Lipoma / surgery*
  • Lipoma / ultrastructure
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelography
  • Vestibulocochlear Nerve / ultrastructure
  • Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases / surgery*