[Cavernous hemangioma of the internal auditory canal encasing the VII and VIII cranial nerve complex: case report].
We report the surgically treated case of a 21-year-old caucasian male harboring a cavernous hemangioma of the right internal auditory canal encasing the seventh and eighth cranial nerves complex. Only 18 cases of cavernous hemangiomas of this location have been previously reported. The clinical features, the differential diagnosis and the treatment are discussed.
Silveira
Roberto Leal
RL
Neurocenter, Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Madre Teresa, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Andrade
Gustavo Cardoso de
GC
Pinheiro Júnior
Nilson
N
Pittella
José Eymard Homem
JE
Barbosa
Vinícius Cotta
VC
D000328:Adult; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000473:pathology*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed