Cerebellopontine angle cavernous hemangioma.

نویسندگان

  • Mônica Porto Alves Alcantara
  • Paulo Roberto Lazarini
  • José C E Veiga
  • Erick S Barboza
  • Carmen L P Lancellotti
چکیده

Cavernous hemangioma, also known as cavernous angioma, accounts for 10-20% of vascular malformations.1,2 Extra-axial lesions are rare. Most tumors are found in the sinuses, Meckel’s cavity, posterior fossa, including the cerebellarpontine angle and internal auditory meatus.3 This paper reports the clinical case of a patient with cavernous hemangioma involving the internal auditory meatus whose initial diagnosis was vestibular schwannoma.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology

دوره 72 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006