A rare case of gamma knife-induced smoking cessation in a patient with a vestibular schwannoma

Rohan Ramakrishna; Robert C. Rostomily; Jason Rockhill

doi:10.3109/02688697.2012.725873

A rare case of gamma knife-induced smoking cessation in a patient with a vestibular schwannoma

Rohan Ramakrishna, Robert C. Rostomily, Jason Rockhill

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Abstract

Objective. We report a rare case of a patient with a vestibular schwanomma who underwent gamma knife irradiation and subsequently lost unilateral taste sensation. As a result, the patient ceased smoking.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	251-252
Number of pages	2
Journal	British Journal of Neurosurgery
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/02688697.2012.725873
State	Published - Apr 1 2013

Keywords

Acoustic
Gamma knife
Nervus intermedius
Neuroma
Radiosurgery
Schwannoma
Taste
Vestibular

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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A rare case of gamma knife-induced smoking cessation in a patient with a vestibular schwannoma

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