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A 61-year-old male with a five-year history of left-sided deafness, tinnitus, vertigo attacks, and an MRI consistent with an intracochlear schwannoma with limited extension through the modiolus to the fundus of the internal auditory canal (IAC) underwent transcanal, transcochlear total tumor removal and\u2014due to a cerebrospinal fluid leak from the fundus of the IAC\u2014revision surgery with lateral petrosectomy and blind sac closure of the external auditory canal. Despite complete removal of the cochlear partition of the inner ear (total cochlectomy), the patient\u2019s vestibular receptors remained functional, and the vertigo symptoms disappeared. These results show that vestibular labyrinthine function may not only be preserved after partial or subtotal cochlectomy but also after complete cochlear removal. This further confirms the vestibular labyrinth\u2019s robustness and encourages surgical management of transmodiolar schwannomas with limited extension to the fundus of the IAC.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13123373","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,7]],"date-time":"2024-06-07T10:43:42Z","timestamp":1717757022000},"page":"3373","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["A Case Report Demonstrating Preservation of Vestibular Receptor Function after Transcochlear Removal of an Intracochlear Schwannoma with Extension to the Fundus of the Internal Auditory Canal"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Stefan K.","family":"Plontke","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1324-9484","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francesco P.","family":"Iannacone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neuroscience DNS, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padova, 35122 Padova, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Udo","family":"Siebolts","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Pathology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06112 Halle (Saale), Germany"},{"name":"Institute of General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy, Molecular Pathology Diagnostics, University Hospital, 50937 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2660-4921","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Beatrice","family":"Ludwig-Kraus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Laboratory Medicine, Central Laboratory, University Hospital Halle, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sabrina","family":"K\u00f6sling","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Luise","family":"Wagner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"381","article-title":"Vestibular Schwannomas. 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