| Brain: Cerebellopontine angle | ||
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| Dissection showing the projection fibers of the cerebellum | ||
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| Latin | Angulus pontocerebellare | |
The cerebellopontine angle is a structure at the margin of the cerebellum and pons.
Breast cancer can metastasize to the cerebellopontine angle.[1]
It can be a site for lipoma.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Chiong Y, Mulroy L, Fleetwood IG, Younis T (October 2009). "Isolated metastasis to the cerebellopontine angle secondary to breast cancer". Can J Surg 52 (5): E213–4. PMID 19865565. PMC 2769124. http://www.cma.ca/multimedia/staticContent/HTML/N0/l2/cjs/vol-52/issue-5/pdf/pgE213.pdf.
- ^ Borges RS, Brito CC, Carvalho GA, Domingues RC, Gasparetto EL (June 2009). "Cerebellopontine angle lipomas: magnetic resonance imaging findings in two cases". Arq Neuropsiquiatr 67 (2B): 496–8. PMID 19623450. http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2009000300022&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en.
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