ABSTRACT
Presentamos el caso de un varón de 61 años que en la preparación para un implante coclear en el oído izquierdo se observa en la resonancia magnética una lesión en el conducto auditivo interno (CAI) derecho compatible con un schwannoma vestibular (SV). Se decide realizar implante coclear en el oído izquierdo y a los 3 meses se extirpa la tumoración del CAI derecho con el resultado anatomopatológico de meningioma (AU)
We present the case of a 61-year-old man in whom the magnetic resonance imaging performed prior to left cochlear implant surgery revealed a lesion in the right internal auditory canal resembling a vestibular Schwannoma. Left cochlear implant surgery was performed and three months later, the right internal auditory canal lesion was removed. The final histopathological analysis revealed it to be a meningioma (AU)
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Meningioma/diagnosis , Ear Canal/pathology , Ear, Inner/pathology , Cochlear Implants , Incidental Findings , Cerebellopontine Angle/pathologyABSTRACT
We present the case of a 61-year-old man in whom the magnetic resonance imaging performed prior to left cochlear implant surgery revealed a lesion in the right internal auditory canal resembling a vestibular Schwannoma. Left cochlear implant surgery was performed and three months later, the right internal auditory canal lesion was removed. The final histopathological analysis revealed it to be a meningioma.
