OBJECTIVE: The internal auditory canal (IAC) also known as acoustic meatus is a bone channel that connects the ear to posterior cranial fossa. mean length approximately 1 cm. edge of IAC called pore (IAP), and this aperture blunt rounded. Important formations such facial nerve, vestibulocochlear labyrinth artery vein pass through IAC. In addition, on precise determination morphometry in surgica...

We describe a case of angioleiomyoma of the internal auditory meatus. A finding of this tumor at this site is very unusual. In fact, our review of the literature revealed that only 1 case has been previously reported. In our patient, the tumor was clinically and radiologically difficult to distinguish from an acoustic neuroma. It would be important to recognize this rare small tumor preoperativ...