Abstract
A 64-year-old woman was affected with sudden bilateral hearing loss. She initially visited us complaining of right-sided accordingly hearing loss, which was diagnosed as right sudden deafness, and treated. Thereafter she indicated that vertigo, with right tinnitus, had increased. She was subsequently diagnosed with Meniere's disease. Thereafter she visited us complaining of left-sided hearing loss. After numerous clinical visits and extensive examinations, including MRI, she was diagnosed as having a bilateral acoustic tumor, although she didn't have the cafe-au-lait spots, induration under the skin, or small nodules of the iris and juvenile cataractas that are characteristic of Recklinghausen's disease. As her symptoms were atypical and the course of her disease was unusual for patient affected with an acoustic tumor in consideration of her age, we didn't recommend surgery. Presently she uses a hearing aid in the left ear.
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