title: Recovery of hearing after surgical removal of intralabyrinthine schwannoma.
abstract: Intralabyrinthine schwannomas (ILSs) are rare benign tumors arising from the distal part of the cochleovestibular nerve confined within the labyrinth. Patients with ILSs complain of hearing loss, vertigo, tinnitus, and ear fullness. Surgical treatment of ILS is performed in special cases such as in cases of patients with nonserviceable hearing, progressive hearing loss, intractable vertigo, or tumor extension. We present an unusual case of a patient with intralabyrinthine schwannoma who underwent surgery to treat progressive hearing loss and recovered his hearing after surgery.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
authors: Jong Joo
authors: JJ
authors: Lee
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
authors: Hye Jin
authors: HJ
authors: Lim
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
authors: Hun Yi
authors: HY
authors: Park
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
authors: Yun-Hoon
authors: YH
authors: Choung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007758:Ear, Inner; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D020127:Recovery of Function
keywords: Intralabyrinthine schwannoma; hearing loss; surgery; vertigo