Neurinoma glosofaringeo: comunicacion de un caso / Glossopharyngeal neurinoma: case report

Objective: To describe a patient with a IX cranial nerve neurinoma of the cerebellopontine angle. Description: A 29 years old woman complained of headache and decreased hearing of the right ear during the last two years. MRI showed a lesion in the right cerebellopontine angle. Intervention: The patient was operated through a retrosigmoid approach. During surgery we realized that the lesion was related to the glossopharyngeal nerve. The tumor was totally resected, without postoperative morbidity. The pathologist informed schwanoma. Conclusion: The possibility of a glossopharyngeal schwannoma with auditive loss is possible