The most common symptoms were diplopia (61%), headache (53%), and facial or orbital pain (32%). Fifteen patients (48%) were diagnosed after they developed cranial nerve pareses, four (13%) after they ...

In the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, after the death of a pharaoh, embalmers would remove the brain matter of their ex-ruler via the nose. Now, we’ve improved on both counts: surgeons can go in ...

Kaviya was diagnosed with several meningiomas (tumors that grow in the meninges, the protective layers of the brain) in 2023, following persistent bouts of headaches and other symptoms. The tumors ...

Various combinations of these cranial nerve palsies may occur, localising the pathological process to the region of the cavernous sinus/superior orbital fissure. The constellation of findings ...

The groundbreaking operation will give new hope to patients whose cancers were previously seen as inoperable because of where the tumours are situated.

Many of these types of tumours would have previously been considered inoperable, because of where they are situated in an area called the cavernous sinus ...

Mother-of-three Ruvimbo Kaviya had a meningioma removed from the space located beneath the brain and behind the eyes. Many of these types of tumour would have previously been considered inoperable ...

A nurse has become the first person in the UK to undergo an operation that saw a tumour removed through her eye socket using keyhole surgery. Ruvimbo Kaviya, 40, from Leeds, had a meningioma removed ...

Ruvimbo Kaviya, a mother of three, had a meningioma removed from the space located beneath the brain and behind the ... situated in an area called the cavernous sinus. Those which have been ...

Medics have performed a UK-first operation to remove a type of head cancer using keyhole surgery through a patient's eye socket. Mother-of-three Ruvimbo Kaviya had a meningioma removed from the space ...

Ruvimbo Kaviya, a mother of three, had surgery to remove a meningioma from the space located beneath the brain and behind the eyes ...