Neurobrucellosis (NB) is a rare clinical presentation of brucellosis. This form is hard to diagnose because of a lack of definite diagnostic criteria, and its treatment is also hard. The clinical spectrum may cover a span between non-specific neurological symptoms to a severe meningoencephalitis. We report 3 patients with NB, whose main complaint was sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) who were f...

Copyright © 2008 Massachusetts Medical Society. A healthy 58-year-old woman answers the telephone and realizes that her hearing is diminished on the left side. She notices aural fullness and loud tinnitus in the affected ear. Later that day she has several hours of mild vertigo that clears by the following morning. Over the next few days, repeated self-administered ear cleaning with the use of ...

Dear Editor, Hearing loss is a known outcome following head injury. Ipsilateral transverse type of temporal bone fracture is commonly associated with sensorineural hearing loss. Labyrinthine concussion is believed to be the mechanism of contralateral profound deafness. Our cases illustrate patients who sustained extradural haemorrhage following a motor vehicle accident with profound sensorineur...