PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Deleu, Dirk
AU  - Salim, Khalid
AU  - El-Siddig, Abbas
AU  - Al-Hail, Hassan
TI  - Schwannoma of the vestibulocochlear nerve presenting as isolated paroxysmal vertigo
DP  - 2005 Oct 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 307--308
VI  - 10
IP  - 4
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/10/4/307.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/10/4/307.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2005 Oct 01; 10
AB  - We report a patient with a schwannoma of the eighth cranial (vestibulocochlear) nerve who presented with isolated episodes of paroxysmal vertigo and positive Dix-Hallpike maneuver, and without the common features of hearing loss, disequilibrium and tinnitus. There are no previous reports of paroxysmal episodes of vertigo as the sole manifestation of schwannoma of the vestibulocochlear nerve. Hence, recurrent paroxysmal vertigo should therefore prompt the physician to rule out schwannoma of the vestibulocochlear nerve as a potential cause even in the presence of normal hearing tests.