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Fulltext Surgical management of large acoustic neuromas: a review

Philip R, Prepageran N, Raman R, Jennifer LP, Waran V

Med J Malaysia, 2009 Dec;64(4):294-7.

PMID: 20954553 MyJurnal

Acoutic neuromas operated at UMMC from 2001 to 2006 were retrospectively reviewed. There were a total of 27 cases. All tumors were large, measuring more than 2 cm. Hearing loss was the most common presenting symptom (63%), followed by headache (52%), dysequilibrium (30%), facial numbness (30%), tinnitus (26%) and gait disturbances (15%). Eleven (41%) of patients had hydrocephalus at the time of presentation, for which a shunt procedure was required. The translabrynthine (TL) approach was used for 12 patients and the retrosigmoid (RS) with or without presigmoid clearance for the remaining 15. Major complications included one mortality and three cerebrovascular accidents (CVA's). The one-year facial nerve outcome was good to acceptable in 62% (House-Brackmann Grade I - IV) of patients. A literature review of current management of acoustic neuromas is presented.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma, Acoustic/complications; Neuroma, Acoustic/diagnosis; Neuroma, Acoustic/surgery*

Fulltext Review of an 11-year Experience in Retrosigmoid Approach for Treatment of Acoustic Neuromas

Lim SL, Wong SH

Med J Malaysia, 2013 Jun;68(3):253-8.

PMID: 23749017 MyJurnal

This study reviews surgery on acoustic neuromas by the second author using retrosigmoid approach from January 2000 to June 2010 in the state of Sarawak. There was a total of 32 patients in this study. The commonest presenting symptom was hearing loss (81.3%), followed by headache and tinnitus (each 37.5%), ataxia (34.4%) and facial numbness (21.9%). Twenty-seven patients (84.4%) had large tumor (≥ 3cm) while 5 patients (15.6%) had medium size tumor (1.5-2.9cm). The mean tumor size was 3.6 cm. Facial nerve outcome was good to moderate in 93.7% (House and Brackmann Grade I-IV). The most common complications were CSF leak with 3 patients(9.4%) and facial numbness with 2 patients(6.3%). All either resolved with treatment or improved. There was no mortality. Excision of acoustic neuromas using retrosigmoid approach could achieve acceptable facial nerve outcome with a low incidence of morbidity without mortality.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma, Acoustic*

Fulltext The translabyrinthine approach for acoustic neuroma and its common complications

Azmi MN, Lokman BS, Ishlah L

Med J Malaysia, 2006 Mar;61(1):72-5.

PMID: 16708737 MyJurnal

A retrospective analysis of 15 cases intracanalicular acoustic neuroma that undergone tumour excision by translabyrinthine approach spanning from August 1996 until December 2002 is presented. The main presenting complaints are unilateral hearing loss (100%) and tinnitus (86.7%). The mean age of presentation was 48.5 years old. Magnetic resonance imaging is the most important investigation tool to diagnose acoustic neuroma. At six months post operatively, the facial nerve was normal or near normal (grade I and II) in 46.6%, grade III to IV in 46.6% and grade V to VI in 6.7% of the cases respectively. There were also four cases of post operative cerebrospinal fluid leak, which was successfully managed with conservative measures. The translabyrinthine approach is the most familiar surgical technique employed by otologist. It is the most direct route to the cerebellopontine angle and internal auditory canal. It requires minimum cerebellar retraction. However, it sacrifices any residual hearing in the operated ear.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma, Acoustic/complications; Neuroma, Acoustic/diagnosis; Neuroma, Acoustic/surgery*

Amputation neuroma of the maxilla

Lee HT

Dent J Malaysia Singapore, 1971 Apr;11(1):17-9.

PMID: 5288001

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma

Fulltext Traumatic neuroma in wall of recurrent unicystic ameloblastoma: a case report

Zain R, Ling KC

Med J Malaysia, 1985 Mar;40(1):49-51.

PMID: 3831736

This is a case report of a recurrent lesion diagnosed histologically as a unicystic ameloblastoma. The concomitant presence of a traumatic neuroma was observed within the wall of the recurrent lesion. The mode of development of the traumatic neuroma, and the reason for the recurrence were presented.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma/pathology*

Fulltext Acoustic neuroma with orofacial paresthesia: description of an atypical presentation

Lim CC, Misron K, Liew YT, Wong EHC

BMJ Case Rep, 2019 Nov 04;12(11).

PMID: 31690691 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-232275

Acoustic neuroma (AN) usually manifests with asymmetric hearing loss, tinnitus, dizziness and sense of disequilibrium. About 10% of patients complain of atypical symptoms, which include facial numbness or pain and sudden onset of hearing loss. Patients with atypical symptoms also tend to have larger tumours due to the delay in investigation. We report a particularly interesting case of a patient presented to us with numbness over her right hemifacial region after a dental procedure without significant acoustic and vestibular symptoms. Physical examination and pure tone audiometry revealed no significant findings but further imaging revealed a cerebellopontine angle mass. The changing trends with easier access to further imaging indicate that the presentation of patients with AN are also changing. Atypical symptoms which are persistent should raise clinical suspicion of this pathology among clinicians.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma, Acoustic/complications; Neuroma, Acoustic/pathology*; Neuroma, Acoustic/surgery

Surgical outcomes in cystic vestibular schwannoma versus solid vestibular schwannoma

Tang IP, Freeman SR, Rutherford SA, King AT, Ramsden RT, Lloyd SK

Otol Neurotol, 2014 Aug;35(7):1266-70.

PMID: 24841920 DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000435

To review the postoperative surgical outcomes of cystic vestibular schwannomas (CVSs), especially facial nerve outcomes, and compare these results with those from matched solid vestibular schwannomas (SVS) resected during the same period at a tertiary referral center.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma, Acoustic/pathology; Neuroma, Acoustic/surgery*

Histopathology of the inner ear in unoperated acoustic neuroma

Mahmud MR, Khan AM, Nadol JB

Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 2003 Nov;112(11):979-86.

PMID: 14653368

Although hearing loss is the most common presenting symptom in patients with acoustic neuroma, the pathophysiology of hearing loss associated with acoustic neuroma is unknown. Although primary dysfunction of the auditory nerve is intuitively logical, available histopathologic and clinical data suggest that although neural degeneration is common, it alone does not adequately account for hearing loss in many cases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate 11 cases of unoperated unilateral acoustic neuromas. Temporal bones were identified by means of a search mechanism provided by the National Temporal Bone, Hearing, and Balance Pathology Resource Registry and were prepared for light microscopy by standard techniques. Quantification of spiral ganglion cells, hair cells, stria vascularis, and spiral ligament was accomplished for each specimen. In addition, the maximum diameter and volume of each tumor were calculated from histopathologic sections. Increasing tumor size did predict a reduced spiral ganglion count. However, although there was a tendency for decreasing spiral ganglion cell count and for increasing tumor size to predict a higher pure tone average and lower speech discrimination score, these correlations did not reach statistical significance. In tumor ears in which the speech discrimination score was 50% or less, there was always significant degeneration of other structures of the inner ear in addition to neurons, including hair cells, the stria vascularis, and the spiral ligament. Endolymphatic hydrops and eosinophilic precipitate in the perilymphatic spaces were found in 2 of 3 such cases. It is concluded that acoustic neuromas appear to cause hearing loss, not only by causing degeneration of the auditory nerve, but also by inducing degenerative changes in the inner ear. It is hypothesized that the proteinaceous material seen histologically may represent the products of up-regulated genes in acoustic neuroma, some of which may interfere with normal cochlear function.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma, Acoustic/complications; Neuroma, Acoustic/pathology*

Measurement of subtle auditory deficit in tinnitus patients with normal audiometric thresholds using evoked otoacoustic emissions and threshold equalizing noise tests

Ishak WS, Zhao F, Rajenderkumar D, Arif M

Int Tinnitus J, 2013;18(1):35-44.

PMID: 24995898 DOI: 10.5935/0946-5448.20130006

The general consensus on the roles of hearing loss in triggering tinnitus seems not applicable in patients with normal hearing thresholds. The absence of hearing loss on the audiogram in this group of patients poses a serious challenge to the cochlear theories in explaining tinnitus generation in this group of patients.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma, Acoustic/diagnosis; Neuroma, Acoustic/physiopathology

Fulltext Early Malaysian experience on the use of head and neck localizers in the precision radiotherapy of intra and extra cranial sites for first 28 cases

Zamzuri I, Idris NR, Mar W, Abdullah JM, Zakaria A, Biswal BM

Med J Malaysia, 2006 Dec;61(5):621-5.

PMID: 17623965 MyJurnal

Precision Radiotherapy at high doses require a fixed, referable target point. The frame system fulfills the required criteria by making the target point relocatable and fixed within a stereotactic space. Since December 2001, we have treated 28 central and peripheral nervous system lesions using either radiosurgery as a single high dose fraction or fractionated 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy using a lower dose and a multi-leaf collimator. Various pathological lesions either benign or malignant were treated. Eighty six percent of our treated lesions showed growth restraint, preventing them from causing new symptoms with a median follow-up duration of 20.5 months. However, the true benefit from this technique would require a long-term follow-up to document the progress.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma, Acoustic/radiotherapy; Neuroma, Acoustic/surgery

Fulltext An unexpected lesion in cerebellopontine angle: hemangiopericytoma

Teoh JW, Goh BS, Shahizon Azura MM, Siti Aishah MA, Nor Hafliza MS

Med J Malaysia, 2014 Jun;69(3):146-7.

PMID: 25326360 MyJurnal

hemangiopericytoma (hPC) is a rare tumor by definition and intracranial hPC makes up to less than one percent of all the intracranial tumors. It is a dural base tumor and its clinical features and radiological findings are similar to meningiomas. however, cerebellopontine angle hemangipericytoma had only been reported twice and would almost always be misdiagnosed. definite diagnosis is important, as the treatment of hPC is different from meningiomas and acoustic neuromas. we report a case of a young female who presented with atypical symptoms of left cerebellopontine angle mass. A literature review of the nature of the disease, radiological findings, immunohistochemical features and treatment options of the tumor are described.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma, Acoustic

Ulcerated bleeding palisaded encapsulated neuroma of the tongue

Dhanuka S, Rodrigues G, Carnello S

Malays J Pathol, 2019 Aug;41(2):229-232.

PMID: 31427561

INTRODUCTION: Palisaded encapsulated neuroma (PEN) is a benign lesion of Schwann cells and its occurrence in the oral mucosa especially the tongue is very rare.

CASE REPORT: This article describes a case of a 41-year-old male, a chronic smoker with an actively bleeding, ulcerated, solitary, firm lesion on the lateral border of the tongue which had bled thrice before. A differential diagnosis of pyogenic granuloma, haemangioma, fibroma, nerve sheath tumour, salivary gland tumour and malignancy was made and surgically excised. Histopathology of the excised specimen revealed a well-circumscribed lesion with spindle-shaped cells arranged in interlacing fascicles and with the help of immunohistochemical markers confirmed it to be a PEN.

DISCUSSION: To our knowledge, this is the first description of an ulcerated PEN presented with an active bleed.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma

Fulltext Ancient schwannoma of the cervical sympathetic chain : a case report

Athar PP, Norhan NA, Abdul Rahman MS

Malays J Med Sci, 2007 Jan;14(1):75-8.

PMID: 22593658 MyJurnal

Schwannoma of the cervical sympathetic chain is an extremely rare nerve tumour. We report an unusual swelling in a 41-year-old female who presented with an asymptomatic solitary mass in the right parapharyngeal space. Clinical examination and computed tomography showed displaced carotid artery in an antero-medial direction. Surgical excision of the lesion was carried out and histological examination revealed an Ancient Schwannoma.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma

A new experience of auditory brainstem implantation in Malaysia

Tang IP, Kevin Ng BH, Prepageran N, Donald Ngian SL, Albert Sii HW

Med J Malaysia, 2018 10;73(5):347-348.

PMID: 30350824 MyJurnal

Auditory brainstem implantation (ABI) is the only solution to restore hearing when cochlear nerves are disrupted together with the pathologies where bilateral cochleae do not provide a suitable location for cochlear implantation. We reported first two successful auditory brainstem implantation cases in patients with neurofibromatosis Type II (NF2) with bilateral acoustic neuroma causing bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss in Malaysia. A good candidate selection, dedicated surgeons and rehabilitation team as well as strong family support are the crucial factors in achieving the best possible surgical, audiological and speech outcomes.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma, Acoustic

Fulltext A rare case of paediatric pontine glioblastoma presenting as a cerebellopontine angle otogenic abscess

Rasalingam K, Abdullah JM, Idris Z, Pal HK, Wahab N, Omar E, et al.

Malays J Med Sci, 2008 Jan;15(1):44-8.

PMID: 22589615

We describe rare case of a 9-year old boy who presented with a two-week history of right ear discharge and mild fever. Contrast enhanced CT scan of the brain showed a lesion in the right cerebellopontine angle with mild enhancement mimicking early abscess formation. Involvement of the mastoid air cells pointing towards a radiological diagnosis of mastoiditis reinforced the diagnosis of an abscess. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was planned for the patient but his conscious level deteriorated and patient slipped into coma warranting immediate surgical intervention. Intraoperatively, about 90% of the tumour was removed and the appearance of the tumour resembled that of an acoustic schwannoma but histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of a glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). MRI done post operatively showed lesion in the pons confirming the diagnosis of an exophytic pontine glioblastoma multiforme.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma, Acoustic

Fulltext Can bone wax cause cholesterol granuloma in the petrous apex? A case report

Wong EHC, Lim CC, Ong CA, Narayanan P

Int J Surg Case Rep, 2020;72:587-589.

PMID: 32698294 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.06.086

BACKGROUND: Cholesterol granuloma (CG) is a rare entity but is the commonest lesion in the petrous apex. They are associated with chronic ear disease and previous temporal bone surgery. While bone wax has been known to cause foreign body reaction due to its non-resorbable property in the mastoid, it has not been documented to cause CG formation.

CASE PRESENTATION: We described a 43 years old male who presented with a right mastoid swelling, nine years after a right retro-sigmoid craniotomy and excision for a cerebellopontine angle meningioma. He also had multiple cranial neuropathies involving trigeminal, facial and vestibulocochlear nerves. Temporal bone CT and MRI showed features suggestive of cholesterol granuloma with extensive bony erosions. He was treated with surgical excision and drainage where bone wax residues were found intraoperatively. Histopathological analysis of the lesion confirmed the diagnosis of cholesterol granuloma. Post-operatively, the mastoid swelling resolved and his recovery was uneventful.

CONCLUSION: Our case showed that CG could manifest as a complication of bone wax usage in a neurosurgical procedure. Even though further study is needed to draw a definitive conclusion on this theory, we believe this paper will contribute to the current literature as it is the only reported case of cholesterol granuloma with bone wax as the possible causative agent. This is important so that surgeons are aware of this potential complication and use this haemostatic agent more judiciously.

Matched MeSH terms: Neuroma, Acoustic

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