Si descrivono gli aspetti clinici e neuroradiologici di un caso di emangioma capillare del cavo di Meckel.
Questi tumori sono di raro riscontro nella sede intracranica extracerebrale; in particolare questa è la seconda osservazione di emangioma della regione trigeminale riportata in letteratura.
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