Misdiagnosis : Recurrent vertigo, hearing loss of the left ear, and tinnitus.

[Vestibular schwannoma: a case report of misdiagnosis]

Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi.

Authors: You H, Li X, Wang W

Abstract

Vestibular schwannoma is a rare tumor, which is easily misdiagnosed. The authors presented a case of vestibular schwannoma in a 36-year-old woman. The clinical manifestations were recurrent vertigo, hearing loss of the left ear, and tinnitus. The pure tone audiometry threshold of the left ear was 45dBHL with air conduction, and 33 dBHL with bone conduction. A CT scan of the temporal bone region didn't show any abnormal finding. A MRI scan of the head showed nodule abnormal signal in the internal of left vestibular and the narrow of perilymphaticum gap in T2W1 + T2Flair. The initial diagnosis was Meniere's disease. And the post-operation pathologic diagnosis was vestibular schwannoma.

PMID: 25752127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]



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