Bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis camouflaged by corticosteroid treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-152

  Gaffney, R J ^a,c   McShane, D P ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM; MOXISYLYTE; PREDNISONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029806336     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02940237     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Martuza, R. L., Eldridge, R. Neurofibromatosis 2 (bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis N. Eng. J. Med. 1988; 318: 684.
2. Royleau, G. A., Wertelecki, W., Haines, J. L. Genetic linkage of bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis to a DNA marker on chromosome 22. Nature 1987: 329: 246-248.
3. Linthicum, F. J. Jr. Unusual audiometric and histologic findings in bilateral acoustic neuromas. Annals Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 1972: 81: 433-437.
4. Linthicum, F. H., Khalessi, M. H., Churchill, D. In Acoustic tumours (House, W. F. and Leutze C. M., eds.). 1979: vol. 1: 237. University Park Press, Baltimore.
5. Eckermeier, L., Pirsig, W., Mueller, D. Histopathology of 30 nonoperated acoustic schwannomas. Arch. Otolaryngology 1979: 222: 1-9.
6. Linthicum, F. H., Brackmann, D. E. Bilateral acoustic tumors. A diagnostic and surgical challenge. Arch. Otolaryngology 1980: 106: 729-733.
7. Higgs, M. L. Sudden deafness as the presenting symptom of acoustic neuroma. Arch. Otolaryngology 1973: 98: 73-6.
8. Pensak, M. L., Gasscock, M. E. III., Josey, A. F., Jackson, C. G., Gulya, A. J. Sudden hearing loss and cerebellopontine angle tumors. Laryngoscope 1985: 95: 1188-93.
9. Berg, H. M., Cohen, N. L., Hammerschlag, P. E., Waltzman, S. B. Acoustic neuroma presenting as sudden hearing loss with recovery. Otolaryngology Head and Neck surgery 1986: 94: 15-22.
10. Mattox, O. E., Simmons, F. B. Natural history of sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Annals Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 1977: 86: 463-80.
11. Noskowitz, D., Lee, K. J., Smith, H. W. Steroid use in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Laryngoscope 1984: 94: 664-6.
12. Nedzelski, J. M., Dufour, J. J. Acoustic neuroma presenting as sudden deafness. Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Related Specialities 1975: 37: 271-9.
13. Cohen, N. L. Acoustic neuroma surgery with emphasis on preservation of hearing. Laryngoscope 1979: 89: 886-96.
14. Chow, J. M., Garcia, J. Acoustic neuroma presenting as sudden hearing loss. American Journal of Otolaryngoloy 1985: 6: 115-9.
15. Berenholz, L. P., Eriksen, C., Hirsh, F. A. Recovery from repeated sudden hearing loss with corticosteroid use in the presence of an acoustic neuroma. Annals Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 1992: 101: 827-831.