PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Doczi, T
AU  - Thomas, D G
TI  - Successful removal of an intrapontine haematoma.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.42.11.1058
DP  - 1979 Nov 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 1058--1061
VI  - 42
IP  - 11
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/42/11/1058.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/42/11/1058.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1979 Nov 01; 42
AB  - A patient with progressive signs and symptoms suggestive of a pontine lesion is described. Intracranial investigations, CAT scan, vertebral angiography, and lumbar pneumoencephalogram revealed a space-occupying lesion of the pons and midbrain. The exact nature of the lesion was not established before the operation. A posterior fossa exploration was performed and a pontine haematoma was discovered and evacuated. The pathological specimen was designated as a cryptic arteriovenous malformation. Preoperative neurological deficits disappeared except for minimal left sixth nerve palsy and mild truncal ataxia.