Clinical Observations on Coexistence of Sudden Hearing Loss and Vestibular Schwannoma

It has long been recognized that sudden hearing loss (SHL) may be a harbinger of vestibular schwannoma (VS). Among 192 VS patients who underwent operation in the Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy, from April 1987 to October 1995, the charts of 14 (7.3%) cases with a history of SHL were examined. SHL...

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Published in:Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery 1997-12, Vol.117 (6), p.580-582
Main Authors: Aslan, Asim, de Donato, Giuseppe, Balyan, Fatih ridvan, Falcioni, Maurizio, Russo, Alessandra, Taibah, Abdelkader, Sanna, Mario
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adult
Aged
Female
Hearing Loss, Sudden - complications
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neuroma, Acoustic - complications
Neuroma, Acoustic - diagnosis
Neuroma, Acoustic - pathology
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
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Summary:It has long been recognized that sudden hearing loss (SHL) may be a harbinger of vestibular schwannoma (VS). Among 192 VS patients who underwent operation in the Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy, from April 1987 to October 1995, the charts of 14 (7.3%) cases with a history of SHL were examined. SHL was the first symptom in 8 (4.2%) patients. Eight (57.1%) of 14 VS cases with SHL anamnesis had reported recovery of their previous hearing either totally or partially before establishment of tumor diagnosis. Five (35.7%) cases had recurrent bouts of SHL. SHL was observed less frequently in cases with large tumors (
ISSN:0194-5998
1097-6817
DOI:10.1016/S0194-59989770035-4