CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA IN THE INFRAORBITAL NERVE CANAL - AN UNUSUAL EXPANSION IN THE MAXILLARY SINUS

A patient with a four-week history of hypaesthesia and recurrent swell ing of the cheek in the left infraorbital region presented with a comp uted tomography (CT) scan demonstrating an expansion in the infraorbit al nerve canal, thought to be a neuroma. The tumour was surgically rem oved without complications and no bleeding. Histopathological investig ation showed a partially thrombosed cavernous haemangioma. To our know ledge, after reviewing the Literature, this is the first report of a c avernous haemangioma in the infraorbital nerve canal.