[A series of tumors of the posterior fossa].
This article presents a series of tumors of the posterior fossa. Imbalance or dizziness motivate patients to consult while they often neglect a hearing loss. However, any unilateral hearing impairment of any kind, even transitory, requires testings to rule out a retrocochlear lesion. In this series, 23% of vestibular schwannomas manifested by a sudden deafness, with a recovery of hearing in half of them.
Liard
P
P
Service d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, Département des neurosciences cliniques, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. pliard@swissonline.ch
Guyot
J-P
JP
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004244:Dizziness / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015192:Infratentorial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult