Author/Authors :
Agrawal, A Associate Professor in Neurosurgery - Department of Surgery - Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences - Sawangi (Meghe) - Wardha, India) , Vagh, S.J Professor and Head - Department of Pathology - Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences - Sawangi (Meghe) - Wardha, India , Gosavi, S.N Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology - Department of in Anesthesiology - Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences - Sawangi (Meghe) - Wardha , Pachpande, B Resident in Anesthesiology - Department of Anesthesiology - Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences - Sawangi (Meghe) - Wardha , Ubeja, G Resident in Surgery - Department of Surgery - Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences - Sawangi (Meghe) - Wardha
Abstract :
A cystic acoustic neurinoma almost entirely consists of a cystic component and is a
well recognized subtype of acoustic schwannoma. We report a case of a 40-yearold
male patient who presented with clinical features of a left cerebello-pontine
angle mass lesion and CT scan findings mimicking the diagnosis of an epidermoid
cyst. However intraoperative and histopathological findings were suggestive of a
large cystic acoustic schwannoma. We have also analyzed the characteristics,
clinical symptoms and radiological findings of these tumors. In the presence of a
large cystic cerebellopontine angle tumor without a significant hearing loss and no
destruction of the internal auditory canal, the possibility of the cystic acoustic
neurinoma should be considered.
Keywords :
vestibular schwannoma , acoustic neurinoma , cerebellopontine angle tumor , cystic schwannoma
