2025 Proffered Presentations
V086: A CASE OF HEARING LOSS AND TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA SECONDARY TO TANDEM COCHLEAR NERVE SCHWANNOMA AND NEUROVASCULAR CONFLICT OF THE LEFT TRIGEMINAL NERVE
Ellina Hattar, MD1; Gregory P Lekovic, MD, PhD2; William H Slattery, MD3; 1Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; 2University of California, Los Angeles; 3PIH Health House Clinic
The patient is a 68-year-old man presenting with bilateral hearing loss and left trigeminal neuralgia. Imaging revealed several nerve sheath tumors including a left cerebellopontine angle tumor. Due to unrelenting facial pain, the patient underwent resection of his left cerebellopontine angle tumor, a cochlear schwannoma. He was also found to have vascular compression of his left trigeminal nerve for which a microvascular decompression was performed. Postoperatively, the patient had complete resolution of his facial pain.