A cochlear schwannoma presenting with sudden hearing loss.
A cochlear schwannoma is a rare tumor that arises from the cochlear nerve. Clinically, a cochlear schwannoma mimics the clinical features of sudden deafness or Meniere's disease. We report a case of cochlear schwannoma that presented with sudden hearing loss, which was diagnosed with gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and removed using a transotic approach.
Shin
Seung-Ho
SH
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 612 Eonjuro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 135-720.
Chun
Young-Myoung
YM
Lee
Ho-Ki
HK
D000328:Adult; D003051:Cochlea / Q000473:pathology*; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000473:pathology*