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Angioleiomyoma of the Internal Auditory Canal: Clinical and Radiographic Features OTOLOGY & NEUROTOLOGY Pepper, J., McKeever, P., Gebarski, S., Spector, M., Thompson, B. G., Arts, H. A. 2010; 31 (9): 1451-1454

Abstract

Discussion of a rare case of angioleiomyoma of the internal auditory canal.Thirteen-year-old female patient with a 1-year history of progressive hearing loss.Middle cranial fossa approach providing complete surgical extirpation.Surgical pathology.Radiography and history suggestive of vestibular schwannoma; pathology revealed angioleiomyoma.Angioleiomyoma is a rare lesion of the internal auditory canal that has many similar clinical and radiographic features of a vestibular schwannoma. There are no previous reports of this tumor occurring within the internal auditory canal in this age group.

View details for DOI 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181f1ce20

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View details for PubMedID 20838354