CJO - Abstract - Glioneural hamartoma of the VIIIth nerve

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology (2006), 120: 70-73 Cambridge University Press

Copyright © 2005 JLO (1984) Limited

doi:10.1017/S0022215105009515

Published online by Cambridge University Press 25 Nov 2005

Clinical Record

Glioneural hamartoma of the VIIIth nerve

Engin Gonul ^a1 , Sertac Yetiser ^a2^c1 , Mustafa Tasar ^a3 and Onder Ongoru ^a4
^a1 Department of Neurosurgery, Gulhane Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
^a2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Gulhane Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
^a3 Department of Radiology, Gulhane Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
^a4 Department of Pathology, Gulhane Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

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Abstract

Hamartomas of the cerebellopontine angle or internal auditory canal are very rare and only four cases have been reported. We report an unusual case of a glioneural hamartoma of the VIIIth nerve with clinical, radiological and audiometric similarity with vestibular schwannoma.

(Accepted July 25 2005)

Key Words: Hamartoma; Cochlear Nerve; Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Correspondence:
^c1 Address for correspondence: Sertac Yetiser, MD, Gulhane Medical School, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Etlik, 06018, Ankara, Turkey Fax: 0312 418 64 44 E-mail: syetiser@yahoo.com