title: Management of temporal bone hemangiomas.
abstract: Temporal bone hemangiomas are rare tumors that require a high degree of clinical suspicion on the part of the otolaryngologist to be diagnosed early. The purpose of this report is to present 10 histologically confirmed cases of hemangiomas located within the temporal bone treated at the Gruppo Otologico of Piacenza-Rome, Italy. A short review of the literature is also presented. The symptomatology of these extraneural vascular tumors depends on their location. Tumors located within the internal auditory canal present mainly with hearing loss, while a facial nerve deficit is the predominant symptom in geniculate ganglion tumors. The treatment modality is also dependent on the location of the tumor, as well as the clinical features and tumor size. The final facial nerve outcome is directly affected by the duration of the facial nerve deficit, and so the treatment should not be delayed once the diagnosis is made.
authors.affiliation: Gruppo Otologico, Via Emmanueli 42, 29100 Piacenza, Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piccirillo
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.lastname: Rohit
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Khrais
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013701:Temporal Bone