Title
Metachronous Bilateral Vestibular Schwannomas
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Sorbonne University
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
Bilateral vestibular schwannoma (BVS) is the hallmark of neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), both of them being present at diagnosis. We report four cases of metachronous BVS, a contralateral intracanalicular vestibular schwannomas (VS) being visible 2 to 13 years after resection of a unilateral VS. NF2 workup was negative except in one case where two NF2 gene mutations were found in tumor analysis. These cases raise the questions of whether the contralateral VS occurred by chance and how to manage it on the only hearing ear. Otologists should be aware of this rare eventuality for decision making of the first unilateral VS. Laryngoscope, 131:E250–E254, 2021.
Start page
E250
End page
E254
Volume
131
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Neurología clínica
Oncología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85079727112
PubMed ID
Source
Laryngoscope
ISSN of the container
0023852X
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