Internal auditory canal enlargement in neurofibromatosis without acoustic neuroma.
Acoustic neuroma has always been reported to accompany neurofibromatosis in patients with enlargement of the internal auditory canal. The authors describe a case in which the internal auditory canal was enlarged but there was no tumor. This may represent a normal variant or a manifestation of the bony dysplasia of neurofibromatosis.
D000328:Adult; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography