Gamma knife surgery for facial nerve schwannomas.

Radical resection of facial nerve schwannomas classically implies a high risk of severe facial palsy. Due to the rarity of facial palsy following Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) of vestibular schwannomas, functional evaluation after GKS in this specific group of patient appears rational. Clinical management due to the specificity and heterogeneity of this group of patients has required the development of an original classification of 4 anatomical subtypes presenting different clinical and surgical difficulties.

[Intramedullary spinal tuberculoma: report of one case].

Neurological symptoms of tuberculosis are rare, even if there this pathology has been on the rise for a number of years because of HIV. Intramedullary tuberculoma is an exceptional location. We report the case of a patient with no HIV or immunodepression symptoms with intramedullary tuberculoma, revealed by a clinical presentation of insidious onset of myelopathy.

Gamma knife surgery for facial nerve schwannomas.

Objective: Radical resection of facial nerve schwannomas classically implies a high risk of severe facial palsy. Owing to the rarity of facial palsy after gamma knife surgery (GKS) of vestibular schwannomas, functional evaluation after GKS seems rational in this specific group of patients. To our knowledge, no previous similar evaluation exists in the literature.