Simultaneous Contralateral Vestibular Schwannoma and Middle Ear Paraganglioma Tumor.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2017
Abstract
To the best of our knowledge, only 2 cases of a simultaneous contralateral vestibular schwannoma (VS) and middle ear paraganglioma (MEP) have previously been reported in literature. We report the third case observed in a 43-year-old male, who presented with an 11-year history of right-sided hearing loss and a 1-year history of left-sided pulsatile tinnitus. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a VS on the right side and computer tomography (CT) identified a Fisch type A1 paraganglioma on the left side. The VS was treated using a translabyrinthine approach and the MEP was kept under radiological observation for 1 year. Due to the growth of the MEP (Fisch type A2), it was treated with excision via a retroauricular approach. Our case was very challenging because there was a different and important pathology on each side, both carrying a risk of deafness as a consequence of the disease and/or the treatments.
Volume
13
Issue
3
First Page
426
Last Page
429
ISSN
1308-7649
Published In/Presented At
Covelli, E., Trasimeni, G., Filippi, C., Fabiani, V., Monini, S., Volpini, L., & Barbara, M. (2017). Simultaneous Contralateral Vestibular Schwannoma and Middle Ear Paraganglioma Tumor. The journal of international advanced otology, 13(3), 426–429. https://doi.org/10.5152/iao.2017.4362
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
29360096
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article