Case
About this case
Operative video: the Meckel's Cave. The background notes below summarise the anatomy, pathology and approach, with published references.
Reference notes
Background
Notes on this case’s cranial location, pathology and surgical approach, with published sources. General education only, not advice for any individual patient.
Cranial Location
Meckel's Cave
Meckel's cave is a dural pouch on the petrous apex housing the trigeminal (Gasserian) ganglion and the origins of V1–V3. It is a common site for trigeminal schwannomas, meningiomas and epidermoids, presenting with facial numbness or pain.
It can be reached through anterior and middle-fossa interdural approaches or endoscopically, and is also the target of percutaneous procedures for trigeminal neuralgia.
