Last edit by Alaric Steinmetz on 25.11.2024
The subtemporal approach provides access to the middle cranial fossa.
The Zygoma serves as an important anatomical landmark in the subtemporal approach, as the zygoma marks the floor of the middle cranial fossa[^1].
The following pathologies, for example, can be readily accessed via a subtemporal approach[^1]:
Tumors in the region of the hippocampus, the tentorial edge, or the upper clival region.
brainstem cavernous malformations, depending on the exact location
basilar tip aneurysms or aneurysms in the P1 or P2 segment of the posterior cerebral artery.
Tumors of the petrous apex
trigeminal schwannomas
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Article created on 16.08.2026 · Alaric Steinmetz
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