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An Important Imaging Diagnosis

Meike W. Vernooij, MD; M. Arfan Ikram, MD; Arnaud J. P. E. Vincent, MD, PhD; Monique M. B. Breteler, MD, PhD; Aad van der Lugt, MD, PhD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008;134(11):1225-1228.

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INTRODUCTION

Lipomas constitute 0.1% of all intracranial tumors.¹ Very rarely they are located in the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) or the internal auditory canal, and even less frequently they have been described in an intravestibular location.^2-4 These lipomas should not be treated surgically because their adherence to nerves and surrounding brain structures often leads to neurological deficits when surgical removal of the lesion is attempted.¹ Therefore, it is important to distinguish inner ear and CPA lipomas from more common tumors in the cerebellopontine region, such as acoustic neuromas, which are often treated surgically. Thus, noninvasive diagnosis by radiological imaging is crucial. We report herein a case of intravestibular lipoma that is associated with CPA lipoma and cystic cochleovestibular malformation (incomplete partition type 1) of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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COMMENT

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Author Affiliations: Departments of Radiology (Drs Vernooij and Van der Lugt), Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Drs Vernooij, Ikram, and Breteler) and Neurosurgery (Dr Vincent), Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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