Sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss caused by meningeal carcinomatosis secondary to occult malignancy: Report of two cases

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 515-518

  Marchese, Maria Raffaella ^a   La Greca, Carmelo ^a   Conti, Guido ^a   Paludetti, Gaetano ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Meningeal carcinomatosis; Occult cancer; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMYLASE; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; STEROID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMATOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; METASTASIS; MYCETOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT CANCER; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PONS ANGLE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SARCOIDOSIS; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TUMOR BIOPSY; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL CARCINOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY;

EID: 77950082372     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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