Vestibular schwannomas are the most common cerebellopontine angle tumors. These tumors commonly present with ipsilateral dysfunction of acoustic, vestibular, trigeminal, and facial nerves.1 Presentation of the vestibular schwannoma with contralateral facial nerve dysfunction is quite uncommon, and the contralateral facial paresis has been mentioned as a false localizing sign for posterior fossa...

We describe a rare case of malignant transformation in a vestibular schwannoma in a 33-yr-old woman. She presented herself with headache, tinnitus, and hearing loss and underwent posterior fossa explorations three times during the short period of 3 months. The clinicopathological features of the original tumor were typical of benign vestibular schwannoma. Despite a complete microsurgical excisi...

Hearing preservation is exceedingly difficult in vestibular schwannoma surgery, especially with increasing tumor size. We herein report a case of hearing preservation in a 2.7 cm vestibular schwannoma, where the patient maintained her pre-operative hearing threshold of 55 dB till a year after surgery. Hence, it appears that an attempt at hearing preservation is worth pursuing.

Vestibular schwannomas, also called acoustic neuromas, are benign tumors of the vestibulocochlear nerve. Patients with these tumours almost always present with signs of hearing loss, and many also experience tinnitus, vertigo, and equilibrium problems. Following diagnosis with contrast enhanced MRI, patients may choose to observe the tumour with subsequent scans or seek active treatment in the ...

Bilateral papilledema secondary to obstructive or communicating hydrocephalus in patients with vestibular schwannomas is a known presentation; however, papilledema in the absence of hydrocephalus is rarely reported and its mechanism is poorly understood. We report a case of a 20-year-old woman presenting with visual deterioration and bilateral papilledema on fundoscopy. Magnetic resonance imagi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The vestibular nucleus cannot be visualized on MR imaging, but some patients with vestibular schwannoma show a tiny area of hyperintensity in the dorsal brain stem on T2-weighted images. The aim of this study was to determine whether this tiny area is characteristic of vestibular schwannoma. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the postoperative MR images of 53 patients ...

Vestibular schwannoma is a benign and common slow-growing tumor that develops on the vestibular divisions of cranial nerve VIII. Some risk factors may enhance intratumoral hemorrhage which leads to management early surgical procedures. Hence, we describe 57-year-old man presented with hearing loss 5*8 mm schwannoma. Eight months later, patient was referred headache, nausea vomiting, right hemif...

Vestibular Schwannoma forms in Schwann cells which cover the vestibular nerve, often internal auditory canal. Symptoms were likely present before excision of tumor. After tumor, symptoms may include, hearing defects, tinnitus, facial muscle abnormalities, headache, and balance impairments. This case report is a female patient with schwannoma, who had few above-mentioned after surgery. Her physi...