title: [Cavernous hemangioma of the internal auditory canal encasing the VII and VIII cranial nerve complex: case report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Neurocenter, Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Madre Teresa, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Roberto Leal
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: Gustavo Cardoso de
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: Nilson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pinheiro Júnior
authors.forename: José Eymard Homem
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Pittella
authors.forename: Vinícius Cotta
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Barbosa
mesh_terms: 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