[Arteriovenous hemangioma of the facial nerve. Case report and review].
Hemangioma of the facial nerve is a rare cause for sensorineural hearing loss. Such was found in a 50-year-old patient with a history of slowly progressive, unilateral deafness. Pure-tone audiogram showed only residual hearing in the left ear. A stapedial reflex could not be elicited, nor could brainstem evoked potentials be recorded. Cranial CT showed a widened internal auditory meatus, while a Gadolinium MRI revealed an enhancing process of the left cerebellopontine angle. Via a translabyrinthine approach a tumor of the facial nerve was found and resected completely. Histopathologic examination demonstrated an arteriovenous hemangioma.
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D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Arteriovenöses Hämangiom des N. facialis. Kasuistik und Ubersicht.