Capillary Venous Malformation With Secondary Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of Temporal Bone

J Int Adv Otol. 2021 Sep;17(5):471-474. doi: 10.5152/iao.2021.8124.

Abstract

Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) arising from vascular malformation are extremely rare, and none have been reported in the literature in English till now. We report a very rare case of secondary ABC of left temporal bone in a 5-year-old Caucasian boy who presented with a left sudden facial palsy associated with a painless non-tender mass of the left temporo-parietal region. The computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features were suggestive of ABC secondary to a capillary venous malformation, with concurrent involvement of the squamous, mastoid, and petrous portions of the temporal bone. Surgical resection was performed. On follow-up, the patient was found to be doing well.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal* / diagnosis
  • Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal* / diagnostic imaging
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Temporal Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Temporal Bone / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vascular Malformations* / complications
  • Vascular Malformations* / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular Malformations* / surgery

Grants and funding

The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.