title: A large vestibular schwannoma after recent negative MRI: A case report.
abstract: Vestibular schwannomas are, on average, slowly growing tumors that may remain quiescent for some time before manifesting themselves symptomatically or being found incidentally on imaging. We describe a case of a vestibular schwannoma that grew rapidly and to a large size in a patient who had undergone negative imaging 5 years earlier for unrelated issues. This case highlights the importance of repeat imaging in patients with symptoms concerning for vestibular schwannoma who might have previously undergone negative scans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. tmuelleman3@kumc.edu.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Muelleman
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D047368:Tumor Burden