Tumors of the nervus acusticus and the syndrome of the cerebellopontile angle / by Harvey Cushing.

  • Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939.
Date:
1917
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Credit: Tumors of the nervus acusticus and the syndrome of the cerebellopontile angle / by Harvey Cushing. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sion wound. Some tinnitus referred to both ears. Both fork and Galton whistle slightly heard on left. Marked dynamic incoordination of the left arm and leg. Otherwise the cerebellar and extracerebellar symptoms about as before and point definitely to a left recess tumor. Further exploration advised. Feb. 12, 1915. Operation II.—The wound was reopened in the line of the original in¬ cision. Protrusion and adhesions prevented satisfactory exploration of the angle, so that a Fig. 66.—Case XV. Showing the base of the brain and the large acoustic tumor in situ. Note the small scars of herniations over the temporal lobes: the large size of the cerebellum, to which the soft parts still adhere: the scar of the porus attachment in the outer margin of the tumor (c/. Fig. 196). transcortical incision was made through the left hemisphere in the hope of exposing the tumor, but it lay at such a depth that sufficient exposure for the intended intracapsular enucleation was impossible. The wound was closed. Owing to respiratory embarrassment the patient was left face down on the operating table for the remainder of the day. He regained consciousness and appeared to be in good