Abstract
Meningioma is the second most frequent cerebello-pontine angle tumor, with an incidence of 6.7 to 9.5% (57, 575, 625, 630, 640, 641). Meningiomas of the cerebellopontine angle constitute 5 to 8.4% of all meningiomas and 1 to 1.7% of all intracranial tumors (78, 365, 416, 418). Indeed, most infratentorial meningiomas (42 to 56.6%) originate from the posterior surface of the petrous bone and primarily involve the pontocerebellar cistern (57, 630).
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1987 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Valavanis, A., Schubiger, O., Naidich, T.P. (1987). Meningioma of the Posterior Surface of the Petrous Bone. In: Clinical Imaging of the Cerebello-Pontine Angle. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71204-3_7
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71204-3_7
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-71206-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-71204-3
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive