Cerebellopontine Angle Lipoma; A Case Report.

Intracranial lipomas are rare, especially at the cerebellopontine angle. We report a case of a right cerebellopontine angle lipoma. An 8-year-old male presented with hearing loss during a school medical examination. A neurological examination in the hospital showed right sensorineural hearing loss. A MRI demonstrated a high intensity mass lesion at right cerebellopontine angle. The lesion was markedly hypointense on a short T1 IR (STIR) image. We made a diagnosis of a cerebellopontine lipoma. Since he had no symptom except moderate hearing loss, we decided to follow the patient closely without immediate surgical exploration.