VIIIth nerve cavernous hemangioma mimicking a stage 1 acoustic schwannoma.

Date publication

octobre 2015

Journal

Neuro-Chirurgie

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr DEBRY Christian

Tous les auteurs :
Bonfort G, Veillon F, Debry C, Kehrli P, Chibbaro S

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26428864

Résumé

To report a case of VIIIth nerve cavernous hemangioma, a very rare differential diagnosis among the various pathologies presenting as small enhancing entities into the internal auditory canal. It is one of the most challenging when imaging is not able to differentiate it from an intrameatal vestibular schwannoma.

Mots clés

Acoustic schwannoma, Canal auditif interne, Cavernous hemangioma, Facial nerve, Hémangiome caverneux, Hémangiome de l’os temporal, Internal auditory canal, Nerf facial, Schwannome de l’acoustique, Temporal bone hemangioma

Référence

Neurochirurgie. 2015 Oct;61(5):352-5