Bilateral vision loss as first presentation of vestibular schwannoma

• DOI: 10.4103/hjo.hjo_6_23
• Publication Date: 2023-08-23T09:13:24Z
• Authors: Shrinkhal; Arviand Kumar; Annanya Soni; Suyash Singh; Arvind Kanchan; Shailja Maurya; Shruti Gupta
• Keywords: Vestibular nerve; Presentation (obstetrics); Cranial nerves

Abstract Vestibular schwannoma is a benign, slow-growing tumor of the vestibular nerve, located at cerebellopontine angle. It derived from Schwann cells myelin sheath cranial nerve eight. We present here unique case schwannoma, who visited us with primary complaint bilateral decreased vision. Detailed examination revealed papilloedema associated right-sided five and eight involvements. Patient was operated for angle under intraoperative neuromonitoring. Postoperatively, patient showed significant improvement, both symptomatically clinically.