Open AccessA unique pediatric case of intratumoral hemorrhage in a sporadic vestibular schwannoma
Author(s) -
Batuk Diyora,
Bhagyashri Bhende,
Nitin Kotecha,
Mazharkhan Mulla,
Gagan Dhal,
Naren Nayak
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/jpn.jpn_44_18
Subject(s) - medicine , schwannoma , neurofibromatosis , vestibular system , acoustic neuroma , neurofibromatosis type 2 , hearing loss , vestibular nerve , surgery , pathology , radiology , audiology
Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) are tumors that commonly occur in the eighth cranial nerve. They are usually associated with type 2 neurofibromatosis. They are uncommon in children, and sporadic cases of pediatric VS are even rarer. In general, VSs are benign lesions with less than 1% chance of intratumoral hemorrhage. Adult cases of hemorrhage in VS are well documented. We present the first pediatric case of intratumoral hemorrhage in VS in the absence of any features of NF in an 11-year-old child who complained of holocranial headache and sensorineural hearing loss in the left ear. We further discuss the pathogenesis and clinical features, and review the literature of intratumoral hemorrhage in patients of VS.