title: Venous angioma of the facial nerve: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lower motor neurone type facial nerve palsy is a common condition that is very rarely caused by a neoplastic lesion.
  
  
  METHODS
  This case report describes a progressive facial palsy in a 62-year-old man because of a vascular tumor of the facial nerve. Histologic examination confirmed it to be a venous angioma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Meticulous imaging of the facial nerve is required to diagnose cases of progressive facial nerve palsy caused by a neoplastic lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lammie
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shone
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Hourihan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vafidis
mesh_terms: D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014680:Veins