Vestibular Schwannoma Presenting as Oral Dysgeusia: An Easily Missed Diagnosis
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Vestibular Schwannoma Presenting as Oral Dysgeusia: An Easily Missed Diagnosis.
We present a case of a fifty-year-old male patient who was referred to the Oral Medicine Department with a complaint of a salty taste. History taking subsequently revealed that the patient was also experiencing intermittent numbness of his left lower lip, tinnitus, and a feeling of fullness in the left ear. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed which revealed a large vestibular schwannoma af...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Dentistry
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2090-6447,2090-6455
DOI: 10.1155/2016/7081919