A Case of Vestibular Schwannoma Mimicking Acute Labyrinthitis
- Author:
Dong Yeol HAN
1
;
Won Ik JANG
;
Jong Dae LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea. ljdent@schbc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Labyrinthitis;
Vestibular schwannoma;
Vertigo
- MeSH:
Adult;
Brain;
Cerebellopontine Angle;
Compensation and Redress;
Ear;
Ear, Inner;
Female;
Hearing Loss, Sudden;
Humans;
Hydrazines;
Labyrinthitis;
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy;
Neuroma, Acoustic;
Speech Perception;
Stress, Psychological;
Tinnitus;
Vertigo
- From:Journal of the Korean Balance Society
2009;8(2):164-167
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Acute labyrinthitis is clinically characterized by cochlear symptom like sudden hearing loss, tinnitus and aural fullness and vestibular symptom like vertigo and spontaneous nystagmus. Several disease entities may mimic labyrinthitis when the disease does not manifest its own characteristic findings. We present the case of a 43-year-old female patient who was suffering from the acute vertigo and sudden hearing loss in her right ear. The speech discrimination score in right side was 24% and brain magnetic resonance imagine revealed a mass in internal auditory canal and minimally extending cerebellopontine angle. Removal of mass was performed via translabyrinthine approach and rapid vestibular compensation was accomplished after surgery.
