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A cochlear schwannoma presenting with sudden hearing loss

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A cochlear schwannoma is a rare tumor that arises from the cochlear nerve. Clinically, a cochlear schwannoma mimics the clinical features of sudden deafness or Meniere’s disease. We report a case of cochlear schwannoma that presented with sudden hearing loss, which was diagnosed with gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and removed using a transotic approach.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 612 Eonjuro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 135-720

    Seung-Ho Shin & Ho-Ki Lee

  2. Soree Ear Clinic, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Young-Myoung Chun

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Shin, SH., Chun, YM. & Lee, HK. A cochlear schwannoma presenting with sudden hearing loss. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 265, 839–842 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-007-0528-1

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