The patient is a 66 year-old lady who had a 4 year history of headache associated with nausea
and vomiting, more recently having gait difficulty and balance problem. She was diagnosed and treated at
the onset as Meniere's syndrome. The headache was generalized, not following certain time nor activity.
Eventually a CT scan was done which showed a tumour in the region of the
4th ventricle and she was referred for MRI
and surgery. On neurological examination, she was ataxic with a tendency to fall to the left, but she had no
cranial nerve dysfunction, more specifically no swallowing difficulty nor dysphonation. MRI displayed a well
delineated tumour within the lower 4th ventricle which could be totally removed. Histology of the lesion was typical
for meningioma.
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