title: Cavernous hemangioma of the internal acoustic canal.
abstract: A case report of a 39-year-old man suffering from left-sided, progressive hearing loss is presented. As well, the patient noted ipsilateral recurrent facial paralysis. MRI succeeded in confirming the presence of a tumor in the internal acoustic canal 18 months after the first MRI.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Cremers
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Theunissen
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Thijssen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meijer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Faverly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed