Medulloblastoma presenting with pure word deafness: report of one case and review of literature.
Pure word deafness (PWD) is a rare disorder characterized by impaired verbal comprehension sparing discrimination and recognition of nonverbal sounds with relatively normal spontaneous speech, writing, and reading comprehension. Etiologies of this syndrome are varied, and there are rare reports about brain tumor with PWD in children. We report a case of medulloblastoma presented with PWD in a 7-year-old girl. She visited our outpatient clinic because of English dictation performance deterioration. PWD was diagnosed by the otolaryngologist after examinations. Posterior fossa tumor and obstructive hydrocephalus were shown in the magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. The diagnosis of medulloblastoma was then made by pathology.
Department of Pediatrics, Cardinal Tien Hospital Yonghe Branch, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Yen-Ting
YT
Chou
Po-Wu
PW
Liao
Michael Che-Hung
MC
Lin
Jih-Chyun
JC
Chou
Yung-Hsiu
YH
Lin
Ming-Hung
MH
Lin
Sai-Hung
SH
Tang
Mei-Huei
MH
Chen
D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000150:complications*; D013067:Speech Perception