title: Pre- and post-operative brainstem responses in a case of acoustic neuroma, sparing the VIII nerve.
abstract: A case is reported of a patient with an acoustic neuroma presenting with a 2 month history of tinnitus and a 25dB hearing loss with evidence of recruitment. The neuroma was removed via a posterior fossa approach with preservation of hearing. Preoperative and postoperative brainstem electric response (BSER) studies are compared. The preoperative results demonstrated a marked reduction in amplitude and increase in latency on the affected side which returned to normal after removal of the neuroma.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D001299:Audiometry; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011859:Radiography; D011999:Recruitment, Neurophysiological; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000503:physiopathology; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*