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Vestibular schowanoma
Massoume Rouzbahani *
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Vestibular Schowanoma is one of the most common Intracranial Tumors which has elicited from the Schwann cells in the upper part of vestibular branch of 8th nerve and can affect the cochlear branch too. This benign capsulated tumor  is mostly unilateral. Schowanoma is relatively slow growing.In the current article we have presented the case of a 51 year-old woman complaining Right ear Tinnitus accompanying with numbness of the right side of the face without any sign of vertigo or imbalance. MRI and Auditory Brain stem Responses (ABR) studies demonstrated right side vestibular Schowanoma next to cerebellopontine Angle (CPA). The audiological and imaging findings have been brought here in details.

Keywords: Tinnitus, MRI, Auditory Brainstem Responses, cerebellopontin
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Type of Study: case report |
Accepted: 2013/08/27 | Published: 2017/09/24


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