PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Moonis, G.
AU  - Mani, K.
AU  - O'Malley, J.
AU  - Merchant, S.
AU  - Curtin, H.D.
TI  - A Venous Cause for Facial Canal Enlargement: Multidetector Row CT Findings and Histopathologic Correlation
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A2094
DP  - 2011 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - E83--E84
VI  - 32
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/32/5/E83.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/32/5/E83.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2011 May 01; 32
AB  - SUMMARY: An enlarged facial nerve canal can be a seen in both pathologic and nonpathologic processes. The purposes of this report are the following: 1) to present a rare cause of bony facial nerve canal enlargement, due to an enlarged vein, with high-resolution MDCT and histopathologic correlation; and 2) to discuss the vascular anatomy that gives rise to this variant. AarteryAICAanterior inferior cerebellar arteryGSPNgreater superficial petrosal nerveMDCTmultidetector row CT