Unusual circumstances of disclosure of acoustic neurinoma
Sterkers, J.M.; Hocsman, E.
Annales d'Oto-Laryngologie et de Chirurgie Cervico Faciale Bulletin de la Societe d'Oto-Laryngologie des Hopitaux de Paris 108(4): 204-207
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-438X PMID: 1854144 Document Number: 385340
While progressive unilateral deafness remains the most typical symptom of the development of acoustic neuroma, the study of at least 1,200 cases operated since 1966 shows that in at least 16.5% of all cases, the triggering signal to seek medical advice was either otologic but atypical, or non-otologic but including symptoms in another pair of cranial nerves, or without any apparent relationship with the area showing a tumor of the eight pair, or even occurring under etiological circumstances that were misleading at first.