Contralateral hearing loss after acoustic neuroma surgery.
A 74-year-old man suffered contralateral hearing loss after left acoustic neuroma surgery. Steroid therapy was administered, but no improvement was observed. Contralateral hearing loss is an extremely rare and distressing complication that can occur following acoustic neuroma surgery. Although the mechanism of this rare phenomenon remains unclear, we speculate that in this patient the loss of cerebrospinal fluid or internal auditory artery thrombosis may be involved.
Department of Neurosurgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Nawashirosawa, Saruta, Kamikitate, Akita 010-1495, Japan.
Shuntaro
S
Togashi
Department of Neurosurgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Nawashirosawa, Saruta, Kamikitate, Akita 010-1495, Japan. Electronic address: jmaruya@archosp-1998.com.
Jun
J
Maruya
Department of Neurosurgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Nawashirosawa, Saruta, Kamikitate, Akita 010-1495, Japan.
Chihiro
C
Nerome
Department of Neurosurgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Nawashirosawa, Saruta, Kamikitate, Akita 010-1495, Japan.
Keiichi
K
Nishimaki
Department of Otolaryngology, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan.
Hiromoto
H
Kimura
Department of Neurosurgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Nawashirosawa, Saruta, Kamikitate, Akita 010-1495, Japan.
Takashi
T
Minakawa
D000368:Aged; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
Acoustic neuroma; Complication; Contralateral hearing loss; Surgery