Exercise #7
The patient had hearing loss on the right side first documented in 2002. In August 2002, a CT scan showed acoustic neuroma but no treatment was given. On July 25, 2004 the patient had surgical resection of an intracranial tumor. The final pathologic diagnosis was right acoustic neuroma.
Reportability
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Reportable: No
Primary site: C72.4 acoustic nerve
Histology: 9560/09 acoustic neuroma
Acoustic neuroma is a non-malignant tumor and was diagnosed in August 2002 before non-malignant tumors were required to be reported nationally. (Local reporting rules should be considered separately.)