TY - JOUR
AR - AJSCR-2020-1-101
TI - Cavernous Hemangiomas of the Temporal Bone
AU -  Enrique Perez, 
AU - Carmen Gomez-Fernandez, 
AU - Christine, Mei
AU - Christine, Dinh
AU - Harold Essenfeld, 
AU - Jacques Morcos, 
AU - Rita Bhatia, 
AU - Simon Angeli, 
AU - Stefania, Goncalves
JO - American Journal of Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2020
DA - Tue 28, Jan 2020
SN - 2674-5046
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.AJSCR.2020.01.01
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/cavernous-hemangiomas-of-the-temporal-bone_AJSCR-2020-1-101 
KW - Cavernous hemangioma, temporal bone, vascular tumor, external ear, middle ear
AB - Objective: We report two cases of cavernous hemangioma of the temporal bone and review the relevant
literature.
Design: Retrospective report of two cases and review of the English literature concerning cavernous
hemangiomas of the ear via PubMed.
Results: A 46-year-old male was found to have a large external auditory canal vascular mass. Excision of
mass with endaural approach was taken and diagnosis was confirmed with histopathology. Also, a 35-yearold female was found to have an internal auditory canal vascular mass. Retrosigmoid craniotomy was
performed for resection and diagnosis was confirmed with histopathology. Less than 120 case reports of
cavernous hemangiomas of the ear were identified and analyzed.
Conclusion: Cavernous hemangiomas of the ear are rare vascular tumors of the head and neck that can
cause symptoms requiring histopathological diagnosis and surgical treatment.