SKULL BASE REGION Jugular foramen HISTOPATHOLOGY N/A PRIOR SURGICAL RESECTION No PERTINENT LABORATORY FINDINGS None Case description The patient is a 38-year-old female who was evaluated after 3 years of…
SKULL BASE REGION Jugular foramen HISTOPATHOLOGY Schwannoma originating from vagus nerve PRIOR SURGICAL RESECTION Yes PERTINENT LABORATORY FINDINGS None Case description The 30-year-old patient was incidentally found to have a…
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 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 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 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…
