1. Imaging-documented repeated intratumoral hemorrhage in vestibular schwannoma: a case report.
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Mandl ES, Vandertop WP, Meijer OW, and Peerdeman SM
- Subjects
- Cerebellopontine Angle blood supply, Cerebellopontine Angle surgery, Disease Progression, Facial Nerve Injuries etiology, Female, Humans, Hydrocephalus etiology, Hydrocephalus pathology, Hydrocephalus surgery, Intracranial Hemorrhages physiopathology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Middle Aged, Neuroma, Acoustic blood supply, Neurosurgical Procedures, Postoperative Complications, Radiotherapy, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Treatment Outcome, Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt, Vestibular Nerve blood supply, Vestibular Nerve surgery, Cerebellopontine Angle pathology, Intracranial Hemorrhages diagnosis, Intracranial Hemorrhages etiology, Neuroma, Acoustic complications, Neuroma, Acoustic diagnosis, Vestibular Nerve pathology
- Abstract
Intratumoral hemorrhage in vestibular schwannomas is rare. Symptoms often have an acute onset and include headache, nausea, vomiting, vertigo, and depressed consciousness. Intratumoral hemorrhage is probably caused by vascular fragility associated with tumor characteristics and growth. With hemorrhage in VS being rare, repeated hemorrhage has only been reported twice, and on clinical grounds only. The present report details the case of acute neurological deterioration in a patient with repeated intratumoral hemorrhage inside a vestibular schwannoma with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging confirmation. To our knowledge, repeated hemorrhage in vestibular schwannoma with radiological confirmation has not been reported before.
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- 2009
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