Acoustic neuromas are the most common lesions found in the cerebellopontine angle. A subarachnoid cyst rarely involves this area. A review of the literature indicates that this is only the third case report in which the subarachnoid cyst manifested itself clinically and radiographically as an intracanalicular acoustic neuroma.
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