SKULL BASE REGION Jugular foramen HISTOPATHOLOGY Paraganglioma PRIOR SURGICAL RESECTION Yes PERTINENT LABORATORY FINDINGS Elevated serum dopamine and norepinephrine Case description A 30-year-old patient was initially evaluated for palpitations, progressive…
SKULL BASE REGION Jugular foramen HISTOPATHOLOGY N/A PRIOR SURGICAL RESECTION No PERTINENT LABORATORY FINDINGS Normal blood and urine catecholamines/metanephrines Succinyl dehydrogenase subunit D (SDHD) mutation Case description The 19-year-old…
SKULL BASE REGION Jugular foramen HISTOPATHOLOGY Meningioma, meningothelial type with bony invasion PRIOR SURGICAL RESECTION Yes PERTINENT LABORATORY FINDINGS None Case description The patient presented with a recurrent meningioma of…
SKULL BASE REGION Jugular foramen HISTOPATHOLOGY N/A PRIOR SURGICAL RESECTION No PERTINENT LABORATORY FINDINGS None Case description The patient is a 78-year-old male who was incidentally found to have a…
SKULL BASE REGION Jugular foramen HISTOPATHOLOGY Capillary hemangioma PRIOR SURGICAL RESECTION Yes PERTINENT LABORATORY FINDINGS None Case description The patient is a 60-year-old male who presented with right unilateral conductive…
SKULL BASE REGION Petroclival HISTOPATHOLOGY N/A PRIOR SURGICAL RESECTION No PERTINENT LABORATORY FINDINGS N/A Case description The patient presented with rapid onset of neuropathic right facial pain, which persisted for…
SKULL BASE REGION Meckel’s cave HISTOPATHOLOGY Schwannoma PRIOR SURGICAL RESECTION No PERTINENT LABORATORY FINDINGS N/A Case description The patient reported facial neuralgia and paresthesia in the left ophthalmic/V1 branch that…
SKULL BASE REGION Cerebellopontine angle/internal auditory canal HISTOPATHOLOGY N/A PRIOR SURGICAL RESECTION No PERTINENT LABORATORY FINDINGS Pretreatment audiogram: Class A hearing with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, more pronounced in tumor…
SKULL BASE REGION Trigeminal cistern HISTOPATHOLOGY N/A PRIOR SURGICAL RESECTION N/A PERTINENT LABORATORY FINDINGS N/A Case description The patient is a 74-year-old male with essential trigeminal neuralgia (TN) of the…
SKULL BASE REGION Cerebellopontine angle/internal auditory canal HISTOPATHOLOGY N/A PRIOR SURGICAL RESECTION Surgical exploration only PERTINENT LABORATORY FINDINGS Pretreatment audiogram: Class D hearing in left ear with word recognition at…
