Open AccessHearing Impairment Resulting from a Pineal Region Meningioma
Author(s) -
Franco DeMonte,
Andrew S. Zelby,
Ossama AlMefty
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-199304000-00026
Subject(s) - medicine , meningioma , hearing loss , audiology , audiometry , surgery
Because of extensive interconnections within the auditory pathways, hearing impairment from a central origin is rare. We describe a patient with a large pineal region meningioma in whom hearing loss was the predominant symptom. The patient promptly recovered hearing after the surgical removal of the tumor. The mechanism of this phenomenon is discussed.