Turkish Neurosurgery 2010 , Vol 20 , Num 4
Bilateral Temporal Bone Xanthomas in Type II Hypercholesterolemia
Cezmi TURK1, Burcak BİLGİNER2, Kemal BENLİ3, Kivilcim YAVUZ4, Arzu SAGLAM5, Ibrahim M. ZİYAL6
1,2,3,6Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara, Turkey
4Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Turkey
5Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Ankara, Turkey
DOI : 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2896-10.0 We present a very rare case of intracranial xanthoma with bilateral temporal bone involvement. The lesion caused destruction and remodelling in mastoid air cells. On the right side, cerebellar compression was obvious. The patient was operated on the symptomatic side and the lesion was totally removed. Keywords : Bilateral, Hypercholesterolemia, Intracranial, Temporal bone, Xanthoma
Corresponding author : İbrahim M. Ziyal, ibrahimziyal@yahoo.com