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- Title
LATE DIAGNOSIS OF ENLARGED ENDOLYMPHATIC DUCT AND SAC SYNDROME IN A CASE OF UNILATERAL SUDDEN HEARING LOSS WITH RETROCOCHLEAR PATTERN. CASE REPORT.
- Authors
ŞERBAN, SIMONA; RĂDULESCU, MARIAN
- Abstract
Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct (EVA) is one inner ear malformation found in 35% of children with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss.(1) Case reports of late diagnosis of enlarged vestibular aqueduct in young adulthood are extremely rare. The authors present a case of unilateral sensorineural hearing loss with sudden onset and retrocochlear pattern in an 18-year-old patient. MRI examination showed an enlargement of the left endolymphatic sac, without any other anomalies of the inner ear. The controlateral ear had normal hearing and no imaging abnormalities were found. This is a very rare case of unilateral enlarged endolymphatic duct and sac syndrome (EEDSS) discovered on MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) assessment in a case of sudden hearing loss in early adulthood.
- Subjects
ENDOLYMPHATIC duct; DIAGNOSIS of deafness; VESTIBULAR aqueduct; SENSORY neurons; MAGNETIC resonance imaging
- Publication
Acta Medica Transilvanica, 2014, Vol 19, Issue 4, p224
- ISSN
1453-1968
- Publication type
Article