A PEDIATRIC MEDULLOBLASTOMA PRESENTING AS AN ISOLATED UNILATERAL SENSORY NEURAL HEARING LOSS

Abstract

Medulloblastoma is one of the commonest brain tumours in the paediatric population, where they commonly present with increased intracranial pressure related symptoms. We report a child with medulloblastoma who presented with isolated right- sided unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) for 4 months prior to diagnosis. He was found to have a large cerebellopontine angle tumour extending to foramen of Luschka and internal auditory canal. Microscopic pathology findings were consistent with medulloblastoma. Based on MEDLINE search and to the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first in the literature of pediatric medulloblastoma presented with isolated unilateral SNHL.