Improvement of sudden bilateral hearing loss after vertebral artery stenting
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Improvement of sudden bilateral hearing loss after vertebral artery stenting.
Bilateral deafness is a rare but possible symptom of vertebrobasilar ischemia. We report a case of sudden bilateral sensorineural hearing loss caused by bilateral vertebral artery (VA) occlusion which dramatically improved after stenting. A 54-year-old man was admitted with sudden onset of bilateral deafness, vertigo, and drowsy mental status. Brain diffusion-weighted MRI showed acute infarctio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-011595