J Korean Neurol Assoc.
2009 Nov;27(4):384-387.
Unilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University and Medical Research Institute, Busan, Korea. chohj@pusan.ac.kr
- 2Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University and Medical Research Institute, Busan, Korea.
Abstract
- A 24-year-old woman presented with headache and left-sided tinnitus. Evaluations demonstrated left sensorineural hearing loss and cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) with normal intracranial pressure. Unilateral hearing loss has rarely been reported in patients with CVT. It is thought that the unilateral hearing loss in this case was caused by impaired drainage of the cochlear veins into the lateral sinus.