Disappearing recurrent acoustic neuroma in an elderly woman.
Acoustic neuromas have been shown to grow more slowly, if at all, in the elderly. Reduction of tumor size has been rarely reported in intracranial masses thought to be acoustic neuromas. We present a biopsy-proven acoustic neuroma that involuted completely during a 4-year period of surveillance. Possible mechanisms of involution are discussed.
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Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
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D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed