Our Group organises 3000+ Global Conferenceseries Events every year across USA, Europe & Asia with support from 1000 more scientific Societies and Publishes 700+ Open Access Journals which contains over 50000 eminent personalities, reputed scientists as editorial board members.

Open Access Journals gaining more Readers and Citations
700 Journals and 15,000,000 Readers Each Journal is getting 25,000+ Readers

This Readership is 10 times more when compared to other Subscription Journals (Source: Google Analytics)

Medulloblastoma presenting as progressive sensorineural hearing loss

2nd International Conference on Neuroscience, Neuroimaging & Interventional Radiology

Luhe Yang and Sam J Daniel

McGill University, Canada McGill University Health Centre, Canada

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: OMICS J Radiol

DOI: 10.4172/2167-7964-C1-019

Abstract
We report a case of a newborn with left unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) that progressed to profound SNHL by 16 months. The child then presented acutely at age 3 with right sudden profound SNHL, rendering her bilaterally deaf. MRI revealed a mass lesion within the fourth ventricle, determined to be Group-3 medulloblastoma. SNHL has been reported in 14 other cases of medulloblastoma. Out of all patients with reported post-treatment outcomes, 8/13 (61%) had permanent neurological sequelae, including one death and 5/13 (38%) was able to return to previous neurological baseline. This is the youngest and the first case presenting with asymmetric SNHL that progressed into bilateral profound SNHL. Medulloblastoma is an uncommon but important etiology to exclude in cases of progressive unilateral or sudden SNHL. MRI is the imaging of choice in these children to ensure excellent visualization of inner ear and nerve structures and particularly the posterior fossa in order to not miss critical diagnoses that are time sensitive.
Biography
Top