Neuro-Sweets' disease in a patient with bilateral recurrent acute sensorineural hearing loss

Acute Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss Associated with Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Conclusion: Acute bilateral sensorineural hearing loss is a well described phenomenon in the setting of leukemia but can also be seen in myelodysplastic syndrome. Given the well-recognized association of MDS with autoimmune disease, an autoimmune cause of our patient's hearing loss must be considered. Unfortunately our patient did not response to corticosteroids; more research is needed to dete...

Sudden Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss Secondary to Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

Introduction: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is an important otological emergency. Up to 90% of the cases are idiopathic. Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is an extremely rare identifiable cause as it only represents 0.5% of all strokes.   Case Report: In this paper, an unusual case of bilateral SSNHL secondary to bilateral CVT with rapid and complete recovery is reported. The patie...

Sudden bilateral sensorineural hearing loss following speedballing.

BACKGROUND Hearing loss is an infrequently-reported consequence of recreational drug abuse. Although there are sporadic reports of hearing loss from heroin and cocaine ingested separately, there are no reports of hearing loss resulting from the combination of both drugs ingested simultaneously in the form of speedballing. PURPOSE The purpose of this report is to document a case of bilateral s...

BILATERAL SUDDEN SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS (SSHL) WITH HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS (HPP)

Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Polyneuropathy in a Patient with Sweet's Syndrome

Sweet's syndrome is an inflammatory systemic disease which has been associated with various underlying causes. The disease can involve multiple areas of the body including the skin and neurological system. There have been only two cases which have described otological involvement. This report presents a patient who developed loss of hearing secondary to Sweet's syndrome after developing cutaneo...