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Developmental venous anomaly of the internal auditory canal in a child with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss—a rare association

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Developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) are extremely unusual in the cerebellopontine angle region and internal auditory canal, and constitute a rare etiology of unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in children. We report, to the best of our knowledge, one of the first documented cases of DVA as a probable cause of unilateral SNHL in a child. Our emphasis is on the radiological features.

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  1. Neuroradiology Department, Hospital de São João E.P.E, Alameda Professor Hernani Monteiro, 4200-319, Oporto, Portugal

    Diana Ferreira, Virgínia Mendes, Ana Vide & José Dias Costa

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Ferreira, D., Mendes, V., Vide, A. et al. Developmental venous anomaly of the internal auditory canal in a child with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss—a rare association. Pediatr Radiol 42, 1021–1023 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-012-2346-x

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