A Case of Radiation-Induced Meningioma of the Cerebellopontine Angle in a Young Man Presenting with Disequilibrium

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  • Matsuda Kazunori
    Department of Otolaryngology, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Sato Go
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Fukuda Junya
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Takaoka Sho
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Tomura Miki
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Matsuoka Momoyo
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Azuma Takahiro
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Kitamura Yoshiaki
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Takeda Noriaki
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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  • ふらつき，浮動性めまいで発症した小児放射線誘発性髄膜腫例

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<p>We report the case of a 15-year-old young man who presented with disequilibrium and leftward spontaneous nystagmus. Since the video head impulse test at the initial visit showed right lateral semicircular canal hypofunction, the patient was suspected as having peripheral vertigo due to right semicircular canal hypofunction. However, his clinical course was considered as being atypical for peripheral vertigo caused by right semicircular canal hypofunction because of his small center of gravity sway, a negative Romberg’s phenomenon. Balance testing showed failure of visual suppression of caloric nystagmus, and insufficient optokinetic nystagmus responses, suggestive of central vestibular dysfunction. Contrast-enhanced brain MR imaging showed a neoplastic lesion with contrast effect occupying the region from the right middle cranial fossa to the cerebellopontine angle, with extension into the internal auditory canal. In addition, edematous changes due to compression by the neoplastic lesion were observed in the right midbrain, pons, and cerebellum. We diagnosed radiation-induced meningioma based on the histopathology and history of radiotherapy that the patient had received for acute lymphocytic leukemia. The central disequilibrium was diagnosed as being caused by compression of the cerebellum and brainstem due to radiation-induced meningioma arising from the cerebellopontine angle. In patients with a history of having received intracranial radiation in childhood, the possibility of occurrence of central disequilibrium caused by a radiation-induced brain tumor, which is a frequent complication, should be borne in mind.</p>

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  • Equilibrium Research

    Equilibrium Research 83 (2), 79-87, 2024-04-30

    Japan Society for Equilibrium Research

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