Cavernous hemangioma of the internal acoustic canal.
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.
Cremers
W R
WR
Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Theunissen
E J
EJ
Thijssen
H O
HO
Meijer
H
H
Faverly
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D
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