Solitary plasmacytoma of the skull base presenting with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss.
Solitary plasmacytoma of the skull base is a rare entity with only a few reported cases in the literature. We review the literature and present our experience with this lesion that produced ipsilateral sensorineural hearing loss, vertigo and ipsilateral sixth nerve palsy.
Department of Otolaryngology, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.
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D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy