A Case Report of Malignant Cerebellopontine Angle Lesion Highlighting the Interdisciplinary Diagnostic Challenge in the Case of Unilateral Progressive Hearing Loss
<p>Click-evoked ABR revealing normal morphology and latencies on the right side but absent on the left side. The Roman numerals (I, III, V) correspond to the peaks of the ABR waves.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>(<b>A</b>–<b>C</b>): The first MRI-obtained scan demonstrating the enhancing features of the lesion (highlighted by a red circle): (<b>A</b>) (T1 sequence), (<b>B</b>) (T1 sequence after gadolinium), and (<b>C</b>) (T2 sequence).</p> "> Figure 3
<p>Comparison of the two MRI-obtained scans showing the increase in the lesion (highlighted by a red circle) from 13.8 × 5 × 6 mm (<b>A</b>) to 17 × 5 × 10 mm (<b>B</b>).</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Case Report
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Author Contributions
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Marzolino, R.; Castro, V.; Gambacorta, V.; Tonon, E.; Cattaruzzi, E.; Orzan, E. A Case Report of Malignant Cerebellopontine Angle Lesion Highlighting the Interdisciplinary Diagnostic Challenge in the Case of Unilateral Progressive Hearing Loss. J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13, 3483. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13123483
Marzolino R, Castro V, Gambacorta V, Tonon E, Cattaruzzi E, Orzan E. A Case Report of Malignant Cerebellopontine Angle Lesion Highlighting the Interdisciplinary Diagnostic Challenge in the Case of Unilateral Progressive Hearing Loss. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024; 13(12):3483. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13123483
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarzolino, Riccardo, Veronica Castro, Valeria Gambacorta, Eleonora Tonon, Elisabetta Cattaruzzi, and Eva Orzan. 2024. "A Case Report of Malignant Cerebellopontine Angle Lesion Highlighting the Interdisciplinary Diagnostic Challenge in the Case of Unilateral Progressive Hearing Loss" Journal of Clinical Medicine 13, no. 12: 3483. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13123483
APA StyleMarzolino, R., Castro, V., Gambacorta, V., Tonon, E., Cattaruzzi, E., & Orzan, E. (2024). A Case Report of Malignant Cerebellopontine Angle Lesion Highlighting the Interdisciplinary Diagnostic Challenge in the Case of Unilateral Progressive Hearing Loss. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(12), 3483. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13123483