International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 186-189 , December 2010

Atypical presentation of intracochlear schwannoma in a child

  • Marilyn Neault

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Children's Hospital Boston, United States
    • Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, United States
    • ,
  • Guangwei Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Children's Hospital Boston, United States
    • Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, 300 Longwood Ave., LO-367, Boston, MA 02115, United States. Tel.: +1 617 355 6469; fax: +1 617 730 0320.
    • ,
  • Margaret Kenna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Children's Hospital Boston, United States
    • Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, United States
    • ,
  • Dennis Poe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Children's Hospital Boston, United States
    • Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, United States

Received 20 August 2009 ,Revised 5 October 2009 ,Accepted 8 October 2009.

References 

  1. Gersdorff MC, Decat M, Duprez T, Deggouj N. Intracochlear schwannoma. Eur. Arch. Otorhinolaryngol. 1996;253:374–376
  2. Johnsson LG, Kingsley TC. Asymptomatic intracochlear neurinoma. A temporal bone report. Arch. Otolaryngol. 1981;107:377–381
  3. Donnelly MJ, Daly CA, Briggs RJ. MR imaging features of an intracochlear acoustic schwannoma. J. Laryngol. Otol. 1994;108:1111–1114
  4. Grande-Nagel I, Mayer TE, Heide W, Kompf D, Weiss HD. MR tomographic and clinical course of intracochlear acoustic neurinoma. Rofo. 1997;167:430–432
  5. Grayeli AB, Fond C, Kalamarides M, Bouccara D, Cazals-Hatem D, Cyna-Gorse F, et al. Diagnosis and management of intracochlear schwannomas. Otol. Neurotol. 2007;28:951–957
  6. Green JD, McKenzie JD. Diagnosis and management of intralabyrinthine schwannomas. Laryngoscope. 1999;109:1626–1631
  7. Kennedy RJ, Shelton C, Salzman KL, Davidson HC, Harnberger HR. Intralabyrinthine schwannomas: diagnosis, management, and a new classification system. Otol. Neurotol. 2004;25:160–167
  8. Nishimura T, Hosoi H. Progressive hearing loss in intracochlear schwannoma. Eur. Arch. Otorhinolaryngol. 2008;265:489–492
  9. Casselman JW. Diagnostic imaging in clinical neuro-otology. Curr. Opin. Neurol. 2002;15:23–30
  10. Hegarty JL, Patel S, Fischbein N, Jackler RK, Lalwani AK. The value of enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of endocochlear disease. Laryngoscope. 2002;112:8–17
  11. Ohtani I, Suzuki C, Aikawa T. Temporal bone pathology in intracochlear schwannoma with profound hearing loss. Auris Nasus Larynx. 1990;17:17–22
  12. Knipping S, Fabricius A, Kosling S, Bloching M. Intracochlear schwannoma as a cause of a deafness: a case report. Hno. 2007;55:641–643
  13. Chen TC, Maceri DR, Giannotta SL, Shih L, McComb JG. Unilateral acoustic neuromas in childhood without evidence of neurofibromatosis: case report and review of the literature. Am. J. Otol. 1992;13:318–322
  14. Mazzoni A, Dubey SP, Poletti AM, Colombo G. Sporadic acoustic neuroma in pediatric patients. Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 2007;71:1569–1572
  15. Laury AM, Casey S, McKay S, Germiller JA. Etiology of unilateral neural hearing loss in children. Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 2009;73:417–427

PII: S1871-4048(09)00062-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pedex.2009.10.004

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 186-189 , December 2010

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution