Role of acute cochlear neuritis in sudden hearing loss in multiple sclerosis

被引:14
作者
Yamasoba, T
Sakai, K
Sakurai, M
机构
[1] UNIV MICHIGAN,KRESGE HEARING RES INST,DEPT OTOLARYNGOL,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
[2] UNIV TOKYO,INST BRAIN RES,DEPT NEUROL,BUNKYO KU,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
关键词
auditory brainstem response; conduction block; magnetic resonance imaging; multiple sclerosis; otoacoustic emission; sudden hearing loss;
D O I
10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00294-8
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
We report a patient with definite multiple sclerosis (MS) who developed unilateral sudden hearing loss coincident with exacerbation of central nervous system symptoms. Involvement of the peripheral cochlear nerve, suggested by auditory findings including auditory brainstem response, was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. The clinical, electrophysiological and neuroradiological abnormalities disappeared in response to steroid pulse therapy. These findings suggest that acute inflammatory demyelinative lesion of the peripheral cochlear nerve can occur in MS, manifesting sudden hearing loss. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:179 / 181
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