Case Report

The Middle Fossa Approach for the Removal of a Trochlear Schwannoma

Table 1

Prior Surgically-Defined Trochlear Schwannomas.

AuthorYearAge/SexLocation Approach

King [15]197655/FAmbient CisternSubtemporal transtentorial
Boggan et al. [7]197932/FAmbient CisternSubtemporal transtentorial
Leunda et al. [2]198254/MAmbient CisternSubtemporal transtentorial
Leunda et al. [2]198216/FCisternocavernousSubtemporal transtentorial
Yamamoto et al. [27]198737/FAmbient CisternSubtemporal transtentorial
Garen et al. [11]198718/FAmbient CisternSubtemporal transtentorial
Tokuriki et al. [24]198843/MAmbient CisternSubtemporal transtentorial
Maurice-Williams [18]198956/MAmbient CisternSuboccipital, CP angle approach
Samii et al. [20]198953/FAmbient CisternPterional
Celli et al. [8]199251/MAmbient CisternSubtemporal transtentorial
Jackowski et al. [14]199426/FAmbient CisternTranstemporal with partial division of tentorium
Abe et al. [4]199460/MAmbient CisternLateral Suboccipital
Abe et al. [4]199457/MAmbient CisternSubtemporal transtentorial
Dolenc and Coscia [9]199668/MAmbient CisternLateral suboccipital
Beppu et al. [6]199766/MAmbient CisternLateral suboccipital
Santoreneos et al. [21]199735/FAmbient CisternSubtemporal with partial division of tentorium
Nadkarni and Goel [19]199948/FAmbient CisternSubtemporal transtentorial
Matsui et al. [17]200261/MAmbient CisternPresigmoid transpetrosal
Veshchev et al. [26]200226/FCavernous SinusPterional
Türe et al. [25]200231/MAmbient CisternInfratentorial, lateral supracerebellar
Shenouda et al. [22]200249/MCisternocavernousPresigmoid combined transpetrosal
Du et al. [10]200317/FAmbient CisternOrbitozygomatic pterional
Shenoy and Raja [23]200454/FAmbient CisternSubtemporal transtentorial
Ohba et al. [3]200648/MAmbient CisternAnterior transpetrosal
Gerganov et al. [12]200752/FAmbient CisternRetrosigmoid
Grigorian and Korobova [13]200847/FAmbient CisternRetromastoidal
Grigorian and Korobova [13]200844/FAmbient CisternParamedian subtentorial supracerebellar
Kohama et al. [16]200947/FAmbient CisternPosterior transpetrosal
Bartalena et al. [5]201050/FAmbient CisternSubtemporal transtentorial
Younes et al. [28]201265/FAmbient CisternPterional
Boucher and Michael (current study)201364/MAmbient CisternAnterior transpetrosal