Friday 20 July 2012

RIGHT ACOUSTIC NEUROMA CAUSING TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

Axial T1C+ MR scan showing enhancing right acoustic schwannoma with ice cream on cone appearance

 Coronal T1C+ MR showing the enhancing right acoustic schwannoma

Sagittal CISS image showing compression of the right trigeminal nerve by the acoustic schwannoma

Sagittal CISS image showing normal left trigeminal nerve for comparison.

A 54 year old lady presented with right sided deafness, vertigo and right trigeminal neuralgia.
MRI revealed a right acoustic neuroma compressing the right trigeminal nerve.

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