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Cerebellopontine angle epidermoid tumour presenting with bilateral gaze nystagmus.

Han IB, Huh R, Chung SS, Kim OJ

Departments of Neurosurgery.

Vestibular symptoms have been rarely described in cerebellopontine angle epidermoid tumours. We report a case of CPA epidermoid tumour presenting with subacute onset of vestibular symptoms such as vertigo, gait ataxia, and nystagmus masquerading as acute vestibular neuritis or central vertigo. The vestibular symptoms disappeared after excision of the tumour.

Published 23 June 2008 in Br J Neurosurg, 22(3): 441-3.
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