title: Inner ear lipoma.
abstract: Intracranial lipomas are uncommon congenital malformations that are often asymptomatic. They are very rarely seen in the inner ear. There are a few case reports in the literature related to intravestibular lipoma. It was also defined in the internal auditory canal and the cerebellopontine angle. We present here a case of an inner ear lipoma that diffusely infiltrated the cochlea, vestibule and the semicircular canals. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Başkent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. elifkaradeli@gmail.com
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karadeli
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ulu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003051:Cochlea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed