Bilateral deafness and blindness from a IVth ventricular medulloblastoma.
Delay in diagnosis and management of intra-cranial tumors can be costly if not actually fatal. We present a 16-year-old Nigerian girl with bilateral deafness and blindness from a cerebellar intra-axial medulloblastoma. She has regained some hearing function in both ears 5 months after tumor resection. She remains blind.
Olufemi Adeleye
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Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, and University College Hospital, PMB 5116, Ibadan, Nigeria. femdoy@yahoo.com
Balogun
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D000293:Adolescent; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D020546:Fourth Ventricle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed