Cerebellopontine angle
| Cerebellopontine angle | |
|---|---|
 Dissection showing the projection fibers of the cerebellum | |
 Human brain midsagittal view | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Angulus pontocerebellaris |
| TA | A14.1.05.004 |
| FMA | 84358 |
The cerebellopontine angle is a structure at the margin of the cerebellum and pons. Cerebello-pontine angle is the area of lateral cistern containing CSF, arachnoid tissue, cranial nerves, and associate vessels. contents :
- Facial nerve (CN VII)
- Vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)
- Flocculus of the cerebellum
- Lateral recess of the 4th ventricle
Clinical significance
Certain tumours arise in the cerebellopontine angle. They are:
- Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma)
- Arachnoid cyst
- Facial nerve tumour
- Lipoma
- Meningioma
- Glomus tumour
- [[Schwannoma of other cranial nerves(e.g. CN V >VII>IX,X,XI)]]
- Metastasis
- Aneurysm
- Epidermoid (cholesteatoma)
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