Simultaneous Contralateral Vestibular Schwannoma and Middle Ear Paraganglioma Tumor

J Int Adv Otol. 2017 Dec;13(3):426-429. doi: 10.5152/iao.2017.4362.

Abstract

To the best of our knowledge, only 2 cases of a simultaneous contralateral vestibular schwannoma (VS) and middle ear paraganglioma (MEP) have previously been reported in literature. We report the third case observed in a 43-year-old male, who presented with an 11-year history of right-sided hearing loss and a 1-year history of left-sided pulsatile tinnitus. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a VS on the right side and computer tomography (CT) identified a Fisch type A1 paraganglioma on the left side. The VS was treated using a translabyrinthine approach and the MEP was kept under radiological observation for 1 year. Due to the growth of the MEP (Fisch type A2), it was treated with excision via a retroauricular approach. Our case was very challenging because there was a different and important pathology on each side, both carrying a risk of deafness as a consequence of the disease and/or the treatments.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Ear, Middle / pathology
  • Ear, Middle / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neuroma, Acoustic / surgery*
  • Paraganglioma / complications
  • Paraganglioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Paraganglioma / surgery*
  • Tinnitus / complications
  • Treatment Outcome