J Clin Neurol.  2017 Jan;13(1):107-108. 10.3988/jcn.2017.13.1.107.

Bilateral Sudden Hearing Difficulty Caused by Bilateral Thalamic Infarction

• Lee JH
• Park SS
• Ahn JY
• Heo JH

• KMID: 2364908
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2017.13.1.107

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Hearing*
Infarction*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Axial brain MR images (A, B, and C), pure-tone audiogram (D), and brainstem auditory evoked response (E). A and B: FLAIR and T2-weighted images showing high signal intensities in the bilateral thalamic-midbrain junction. C: T1-weighted image showing an enhanced lesion in the left medial geniculate body, suggestive of a subacute infarction. D: Pure-tone audiometry and speech audiometry showing bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. E: The brainstem auditory evoked potentials were normal. BAER: brainstem auditory evoked response, FLAIR: fluid attenuated inversion recovery.

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