A 45-year-old woman with reversible bilateral hearing loss.

Abstract

A 45-year-old woman complained of a progressive 2-month history of bilateral hearing impairment and diplopia on upward gaze. She had a history of a recurrent pineal region ganglioglioma with repeated tumor excision, adjuvant radiotherapy, and a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt performed 12 years prior. Subsequent imaging studies 6 years ago showed a pineal region cyst with progressive increase in size and a Rickham reservoir (Codman; Johnson & Johnson, Raynham, MA) was placed for percutaneous cyst fluid aspiration. The size of the cystic lesion remained static upon follow-up CT scans for several years.

• Authors: Peter Yat Ming Woo, Jeremy Yuen Chun Teoh, George Kwok Chu Wong, Xian Lun Zhu, Deyond Yung Woon Siu, Marco Cheuk Lun Kwan, Wai Sang Poon
• Journal: Neurology (Neurology) Vol. 80 Issue 3 Pg. e23-6 (Jan 15 2013) ISSN: 1526-632X [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 23319478 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Audiometry, Pure-Tone
• Craniotomy
• Diplopia (etiology)
• Evoked Potentials, Auditory
• Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem
• Functional Laterality
• Ganglioglioma (complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, physiopathology)
• Hearing Loss, Bilateral (diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Neurosurgical Procedures
• Pineal Gland (diagnostic imaging)
• Pinealoma (complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, physiopathology)
• Speech Discrimination Tests
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt