Pediatric vestibular schwannomas: Evaluation of clinical features, treatment strategies and long-term results of 10 cases

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to analyze and discuss the epidemiology, clinical-radiological features, differential diagnosis,histopathological characteristics, treatment strategies and long-term follow-up results of pediatric vestibular schwannomas (VSs)treated at a single institution.Patients and Methods: Medical records of 10 pediatric patients (3 males, 7 females; mean age 14.9±2.3 years; range 11 to 18 years)who were operated for VSs in our department between January 2000 and December 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. Theprognostic variables were age, gender, neurological examination at the time of application, radiologic findings, localization,associated factors, amount of resection (total [100%], near total [90-100%] or subtotal [