Bilateral deafness and blindness from a IVth ventricular medulloblastoma

A Olufemi Adeleye; J A Balogun

doi:10.1080/02688690802512858

Bilateral deafness and blindness from a IVth ventricular medulloblastoma

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

Authors

A Olufemi Adeleye¹, J A Balogun

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, and University College Hospital, PMB 5116, Ibadan, Nigeria. [email protected]

PMID: 19533466
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