Contralateral hearing loss after acoustic neuroma surgery

Shuntaro Togashi; Jun Maruya; Chihiro Nerome; Keiichi Nishimaki; Hiromoto Kimura; Takashi Minakawa

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2013.06.019

Contralateral hearing loss after acoustic neuroma surgery

J Clin Neurosci. 2014 May;21(5):863-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.06.019. Epub 2013 Aug 31.

Authors

Shuntaro Togashi¹, Jun Maruya², Chihiro Nerome¹, Keiichi Nishimaki¹, Hiromoto Kimura³, Takashi Minakawa¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Nawashirosawa, Saruta, Kamikitate, Akita 010-1495, Japan.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Nawashirosawa, Saruta, Kamikitate, Akita 010-1495, Japan. Electronic address: jmaruya@archosp-1998.com.
³ Department of Otolaryngology, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan.

PMID: 24231558
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.06.019

Abstract

A 74-year-old man suffered contralateral hearing loss after left acoustic neuroma surgery. Steroid therapy was administered, but no improvement was observed. Contralateral hearing loss is an extremely rare and distressing complication that can occur following acoustic neuroma surgery. Although the mechanism of this rare phenomenon remains unclear, we speculate that in this patient the loss of cerebrospinal fluid or internal auditory artery thrombosis may be involved.

Keywords: Acoustic neuroma; Complication; Contralateral hearing loss; Surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / diagnosis*
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / etiology
Humans
Male
Neuroma, Acoustic / diagnosis
Neuroma, Acoustic / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Postoperative Complications / etiology