CT and MRI features of cavernous haemangioma of internal auditory canal

Br J Radiol. 1997 Nov;70(839):1184-7. doi: 10.1259/bjr.70.839.9536913.

Abstract

A left internal auditory canal (IAC) cavernous haemangioma is reported in a 45-year-old Saudi male. The lesion was associated with rapidly deteriorating hearing loss and facial nerve dysfunction. CT showed a calcified enhanced IAC lesion while T1 weighted MRI showed an isointense contrast enhancing lesion bulging into the porus acousticus. The imaging features of the three usual IAC lesions--meningioma, acoustic neuroma and cavernous haemangioma--were compared. Calcification/ossification appear more commonly in cavernous haemangioma than in the other two lesions while facial nerve dysfunction is a clinical hallmark of IAC cavernous haemangioma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ear Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Eustachian Tube*
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed