Case 2: Male | 65 | Retired school bus driver
2020 – tumour brain and spinal cord – radiotherapy couldn’t walk or speak Eye right side – vision impaired.
2022 may – MRI scan – residual right sided static schwannoma (cells on the nervous system) with perilesional cystic changes. Intramedullary ependymoma
Diagnosis – CP angle tumour, schwannoma
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Case Description
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02/12/23 - first visit - not speaking, not walking, left sided droop, phlegm, no balance
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06/01/2024 - tumour remained, balance improving more controlled, he could bend/more
mobility, phlegm had completely gone, he can talk slightly better, vision in the right eye
slightly better, no wheezing/tiredness (cured), BP 139/85 , confused/unaware
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03/02/2024 - speaking improved, clarity of speech better, can speak in sentences, walking a
little more with assistance, waking up during the night, now more aware, right eye vision
improved
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02/03/2024 - speaking improved, balance also improved, right eye vision 100%, left sided
leg - swollen now cured, can walk better but still just fine, he doesn’t have much confidence
as he fell 2 weeks ago because the breaks on his chair didn’t work. Tumour still there. He
can sit and bathe himself …
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06/04/23 - speech even more clear, walking today, has a stronger apetite
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