Question: A 64 year old woman undergoes uncomplicated microsurgical resection of a right-sided glomus jugulare tumor. The surgeon employed a standard transjugular approach. On postoperative day 2 the patient reports blurry vision and headache. Examination demonstrates ataxia. Review of her preoperative angiogram reveals normal venous outflow and a diminutive appearing left sigmoid sinus. What is the most likely diagnosis?
a) Violation of the posterior canal during drilling
b) Catecholamine hypersecretion
c) Hydrocephalus
d) Venous infarct of the temporal lobe
[Answer will be posted with next week's new question]
Answer to last week's question, “Remember the Sound” (December 21, 2021)
B - Sound awareness, auditory cues for lip reading.