Basilar artery (BA) occlusion is a rare and devastating cause of ischemic stroke. Presenting symptoms are frequently non-specific include dizziness, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, headache, and, rarely, hypoacusis. Clinical history appropriate neurological evaluation essential for diagnosis. We present the case 65-year-old female with dysarthria, hearing loss, progressing to right-side hemiparesis ...

If all degrees of permanent uni- or bilateral hypoacusis are taken into consideration, hearing impairment is the most common congenital disease. Early detection of permanent infantile hearing impairment has become extremely important in preventive medicine, since steps can be taken with hearing aids and rehabilitation to ensure better development of language and higher cognitive functions. Aim ...

OBJECTIVE Wegener granulomatosis (WG) presents nasal, laryngeal and otologic symptoms as an initial signs of the disease and finally can affect the ENT region in 3/4 patients. The authors want to analyze 7 cases of WG with early aural symptoms, connected with the diagnostics dilemma, discuss the problems of otologic manifestation in WG and present the newest concepts of diagnostics and treatmen...

of the article “Overt and covert paths for sound in the auditory system of mammals”, by Bernard M. Auriol, Jérôme Béard, Jean-Marc Broto, Didier F. Descouens , Lise J.S. Durand, Frederick Garcia, Christian F. Gillieaux, Elizabeth G. Joiner, Bernard Libes, Robert Ruiz, and Claire Thalamas. (May 08, 2014) The consensus, according to which the transmission of sound from the tympanum to the Outer H...

This is a male 23-year-old patient presenting with right tinnitus, ipsilateral hypoacusis and dizziness following three months of diarrhea and weight loss. The patient was taking deflazacort and budesonide, which improved his intestinal, hearing and postural symptoms, but not the tinnitus. Initial audiometry revealed mild right sensorineural dysacusis. Laboratory exams included a positive ANF, ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether there is any relationship between otological as well as vestibular symptoms, audiological findings and type of temporomandibular disorder (articular, muscular and mixed); and to check the distribution of the temporomandibular disorders (TMD) dysfunction degree in the research population. METHODS A retrospective study involving 30 patients of both sexes, aged b...

In a 80yo female with acute pancreatitis, myopathy, polyneuropathy, short stature, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, hypoacusis, atrial fibrillation, hepatopathy, and renal cysts, mitochondrial disease was diagnosed. The family history for the disease was negative. Interestingly, the patient additionally presented with brachydactylia, which was also found in her son and father and has not been...

mitochondrial disorders (mids) require biochemical or genetic investigations for being diagnosed. in some cases, however, the diagnosis can be suspected upon the syndromic phenotype or upon clinical presentation and family history, as in the following case. the patient was a 74-year-old male admitted for worsening of pre-existing left-sided ptosis and ophthalmoparesis after a birthday party. th...

A 29 year old male was admitted at the emergency room suffering from gradually worsening headache followed by nausea. In the hospital patient presented with lethargy, reduction of consciousness level and bilateral hypoacusis. Ophthalmic examination and fluorescein angiography showed retinal vasculitis. This finding was crucial to the diagnosis of Susac syndrome, a rare disease characterized by ...