Dayal Manisha, Perez-Andujar Angelica, Chuang Cynthia, Parsa Andrew T, Barani Igor J
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California at San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room L-08 (Box 0226), San Francisco, CA 94143-0226, USA.
CNS Oncol. 2013 Jan;2(1):99-104. doi: 10.2217/cns.12.30.
This article reviews published literature on vertigo and a 'sense of imbalance' affecting patients who are treated with radiosurgery (RS) for vestibular schwannoma. This is a relatively understudied complaint, along with tinnitus, in this patient population, despite its significant impact on quality of life. It is also a symptom that is most inconsistently impacted by either RS or surgery. This article aims to highlight the importance of this symptom in patients managed for vestibular schwannoma primarily with RS to encourage a more systematic study of vertigo as an outcome measure and to help elucidate its potential etiology.
本文回顾了已发表的关于眩晕和“失衡感”的文献,这些症状影响了接受前庭神经鞘瘤放射外科治疗(RS)的患者。在这一患者群体中,与耳鸣一样,这是一个相对研究较少的问题,尽管它对生活质量有重大影响。它也是一种受RS或手术影响最不一致的症状。本文旨在强调这一症状在主要接受RS治疗的前庭神经鞘瘤患者中的重要性,以鼓励对眩晕作为一种结局指标进行更系统的研究,并有助于阐明其潜在病因。