[Megadolichobasilar anomaly causing acute deafness with vertigo]
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Intrathecal Application of a Fluorescent Dye for the Identification of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks in Cochlear Malformation
Published on: February 29, 2020
M H Unkelbach1, A Radeloff, A Bink
1Zentrum der Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Klinikum der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, -, Deutschland. unkelbach_m@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de
Abstract:
Megadolichobasilar anomaly, a dilatant arteriopathy of the basilar artery attributable to chronic arterial hypertension, can cause cranial nerve compression syndromes of the cerebellopontine angle or infarcts of the vertebrobasilar circulation. In this paper, we report on a patient with known megadolichobasilar anomaly and a partially thrombosed fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery, who presented with acute-onset vertigo and subsequent deafness due to thromboembolic occlusion of the labyrinthine artery. Because of the vascular origin of the patient's symptoms, his vertigo disappeared over time while the deafness persisted.
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