Bilateral deafness and blindness from a IVth ventricular medulloblastoma

Br J Neurosurg. 2009 Jun;23(3):315-7. doi: 10.1080/02688690802512858.

Abstract

Delay in diagnosis and management of intra-cranial tumors can be costly if not actually fatal. We present a 16-year-old Nigerian girl with bilateral deafness and blindness from a cerebellar intra-axial medulloblastoma. She has regained some hearing function in both ears 5 months after tumor resection. She remains blind.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / complications*
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / surgery
  • Cognition Disorders / etiology
  • Deafness / etiology*
  • Female
  • Fourth Ventricle* / diagnostic imaging
  • Fourth Ventricle* / surgery
  • Headache Disorders / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / etiology
  • Medulloblastoma / complications*
  • Medulloblastoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Medulloblastoma / surgery
  • Papilledema / etiology
  • Time Factors
  • Tinnitus / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed