title: Cavernous haemangioma in the infraorbital nerve canal--an unusual expansion in the maxillary sinus.
abstract: A patient with a four-week history of hypaesthesia and recurrent swelling of the cheek in the left infraorbital region presented with a computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrating an expansion in the infraorbital nerve canal, thought to be a neuroma. The tumour was surgically removed without complications and no bleeding. Histopathological investigation showed a partially thrombosed cavernous haemangioma. To our knowledge, after reviewing the literature, this is the first report of a cavernous haemangioma in the infraorbital nerve canal.
authors.affiliation: ENT Hospital, University of Graz, Austria. christian.walch@kfunigraz.ac.at
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Walch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Anderhuber
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Luxenberger
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Humer-Fuchs
mesh_terms: D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed