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An unusual posterior cranial fossa tumour causing hearing loss

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. Pace-Balzan ,
R. T. Ramsden ,
R. H. Lye  and
J. P. R. Jenkins
A. Pace-Balzan*
Affiliation:
Registrar, University Department of Otolaryngology. Manchester Royal Infirmary. Oxford Road. Manchester 13.
R. T. Ramsden
Affiliation:
Consultant Otolaryngologist, University Department of Otolaryngology. Manchester Royal Infirmary. Oxford Road. Manchester 13.
R. H. Lye
Affiliation:
Consultant Neurosurgcon. Department of Neurosurgery. Manchester Royal Infirmary. Oxford Road. Manchester 13.
J. P. R. Jenkins
Affiliation:
Senior Research Fellow/Honorary Consultant Radiologist. Department of Diagnostic Radiology. University of Manchester. Oxford Road. Manchester 13.
*
Department of Otolaryngology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL.
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Abstract

Clivus meningioma is an uncommon tumour arising from the region of the synchondrosis between the basal portions of the sphenoid and occipital bones. We report a case of a patient with a large meningioma of the clivus whose presenting symptom was auditory change. Alteration of hearing is a rare mode of presentation for such a tumour although it may present at a later stage in about 50 per cent of cases. The discrepancy between the size of the tumour and the paucity of physical findings, the value of a multiple test auditory screening strategy, and the surgical approach in this case are discussed.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 8 , August 1988 , pp. 720 - 723
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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