Head and Neck Imaging - Case Report

Inner ear lipoma

10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.1630-08.2

  • Elif Karadeli
  • Esra Meltem Kayahan Ulu

Received Date: 29.02.2008 Accepted Date: 02.05.2008 Diagn Interv Radiol 2010;16(1):24-26

Intracranial lipomas are uncommon congenital malformations that are often asymptomatic. They are very rarely seen in the inner ear. There are a few case reports in the literature related to intravestibular lipoma. It was also defined in the internal auditory canal and the cerebellopontine angle. We present here a case of an inner ear lipoma that diffusely infiltrated the cochlea, vestibule and the semicircular canals. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in the literature.

Keywords: lipoma , inner ear , computed tomography , magnetic resonance imaging