Recovery of sensorineural hearing loss following operative management of a posterior fossa arachnoid cyst
| Autor: | Anand K. Devaiah, Mayur Jayarao, Lawrence S. Chin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
congenital
hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty Hearing loss Hearing Loss Sensorineural Cerebellopontine Angle Middle cranial fossa Arachnoid cyst Cerebellar Diseases Vertigo otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Child biology business.industry Recovery of Function General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Cerebellopontine angle nervous system diseases Surgery Arachnoid Cysts body regions medicine.anatomical_structure Female Sensorineural hearing loss medicine.symptom Headaches business Tinnitus |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 4:121-124 |
| ISSN: | 1933-0715 1933-0707 |
| DOI: | 10.3171/2009.3.peds08416 |
| Popis: | Arachnoid cysts are benign, intraarachnoid cysts filled with cerebrospinal fluid that are usually encountered in the middle cranial fossa. If present in the posterior fossa, they usually produce nonspecific signs and symptoms such as headaches, dizziness and vertigo. We report the rare presentation of a young girl with right-sided sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus secondary to a right cerebellopontomedullary arachnoid cyst. The patient underwent a suboccipital retrosigmoid (retromastoid) craniectomy with fenestration of the arachnoid cyst. Subsequently, the patient experienced improvement in hearing with near-complete resolution of sensorineural hearing loss. To the authors' knowledge, postoperative near-complete resolution of hearing loss secondary to posterior fossa arachnoid cysts in a pediatric patient has not been previously reported. The authors also review the literature with respect to posterior fossa arachnoid cysts and discuss their clinical features, diagnosis, and management. |
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