Ruvimbo Kaviya, 40, became the first person in the UK to undergo this revolutionary surgery. The surgeopns removed a tumour from the cavernous sinus, a difficult-to-reach space beneath the brain and ...

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 ...

An MRI revealed it was located in the cavernous sinus – a hollow space found behind the eye socket, through which the jugular vein carries blood away from the brain. That would, in times past ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The tumors were located in her cavernous sinus, a network of nerves and vessels found behind the eyes that direct the flow of blood away from the brain. Ordinarily, doctors would attempt to remove ...

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 surgery to remove a meningioma from the space located beneath the brain and behind the eyes ...

The patient, Ruvimbo Kaviya (40), is now recovering well after her tumor was removed from the cavernous sinus — an area beneath the brain and behind the eyes. The technique provides a new ray of ...

which is in an area called the cavernous sinus. Removal of this type of tumour requires complex surgery that involves taking off a large part of the skull and moving the brain to access the tumour.