Bilateral sudden profound hearing loss and vertigo as a unique manifestation of bilateral symmetric inferior pontine infarctions

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 407-410

  Bovo, Roberto ^a,b   Ortore, Rocco ^a   Ciorba, Andrea ^a   Berto, Anna ^a   Martini, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bilateral sudden hearing loss; Cochlear nucleus infarction; Pontine infarction; Sudden hearing loss; Vertigo; Vestibular nucleus infarction

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 34250863190     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711600603     Document Type: Article

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