Background: There are no reports in the literature so far, showing the coexisting presence of a lymphoma and a cholesteatoma in the skull base. Our sim was to point up the clinical features of a primary malignant left petro-clival lymphoma presenting with a concomitant petrous cholesteatoma. The patient presented a progressive history of dysartrhia and multiple cranial nerve palsies. Both the lesions were documented radiologically and histologically. Discussion and Conclusion: Primary lymphoma of the clivus are rare. The clinical and the radiological features of the lesion have been described as well as the pathologic findings.
Primary skull base lymphoma with concomitant petrous cholesteatoma: Case report
BIANCHINI, Chiara;CIORBA, Andrea;PELUCCHI, Stefano;BOVO, Roberto;RIGOLIN, Gian Matteo;MARTINI, Alessandro;PASTORE, Antonio
2010
Abstract
Background: There are no reports in the literature so far, showing the coexisting presence of a lymphoma and a cholesteatoma in the skull base. Our sim was to point up the clinical features of a primary malignant left petro-clival lymphoma presenting with a concomitant petrous cholesteatoma. The patient presented a progressive history of dysartrhia and multiple cranial nerve palsies. Both the lesions were documented radiologically and histologically. Discussion and Conclusion: Primary lymphoma of the clivus are rare. The clinical and the radiological features of the lesion have been described as well as the pathologic findings.File in questo prodotto:
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