Cavernous Malformation of the Seventh Cranial Nerve: Case Report and Review of Literature

Eesha Maiodna; Faiz U. Ahmad; Jacques J. Morcos

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2016.04.104

Cavernous Malformation of the Seventh Cranial Nerve: Case Report and Review of Literature

Eesha Maiodna, Faiz U. Ahmad, Jacques J. Morcos

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Abstract

Background Cavernous malformations (CMs) arising in the cranial nerves are rare. Only a few cases of facial nerve CMs have been reported in the literature. Case Description A 52-year old woman presented with headache, unilateral worsening facial weakness, and hearing loss. Imaging was suggestive of a CM of the cerebellopontine angle. Intraoperatively, a mulberry-shaped lesion was seen arising entirely within the seventh nerve. The patient underwent complete resection with sural nerve interposition graft. Conclusions CMs are very rare but should be included in the differential diagnosis of cerebellopontine angle masses.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	676.e13-676.e21
Journal	World Neurosurgery
Volume	91
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2016.04.104
State	Published - Jul 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cavernous malformation
Cranial nerve
Facial nerve
Internal auditory meatus

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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