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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2007; 05(01): 053-056
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557355
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

An unusual finding of the cavernous sinus and Meckel's cave

R. Shane Tubbs
a   Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
b   Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, Grenada and Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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Marios Loukas
b   Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, Grenada and Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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13 August 2006

05 September 2006

Publication Date:
30 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Masses of the cavernous sinus and Meckel's cave are uncommon. We report a patient who presented with facial pain. His exam at the most recent presentation was normal other than a diminished corneal reflex on the right side and hyperreflexia throughout. Imaging demonstrated an enhancing lesion of the left occipital lobe, left gyrus rectus, right ventricular trigone, right cavernous sinus and Meckel's cave, and diffuse intracranial meningeal enhancement. The histopathological examination and clinical course of this patient are discussed.

Keywords

Brain tumor - neurofibromatosis - phacomatosis - schwannoma