RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Republished: Improvement of sudden bilateral hearing loss after vertebral artery stenting
JF Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
JO J NeuroIntervent Surg
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP e12
OP e12
DO 10.1136/neurintsurg-2014-011595.rep
VO 8
IS 3
A1 Kim, Ji Hwa
A1 Roh, Kyung Jin
A1 Suh, Sang Hyun
A1 Lee, Kyung-Yul
YR 2016
UL http://jnis.bmj.com/content/8/3/e12.abstract
AB Bilateral deafness is a rare but possible symptom of vertebrobasilar ischemia. We report a case of sudden bilateral sensorineural hearing loss caused by bilateral vertebral artery (VA) occlusion which dramatically improved after stenting. A 54-year-old man was admitted with sudden onset of bilateral deafness, vertigo, and drowsy mental status. Brain diffusion-weighted MRI showed acute infarction involving both the posterior inferior cerebellar artery and left posterior cerebral artery territory. Cerebral angiography showed bilateral distal VA occlusion, and emergency intracranial stenting was performed in the left VA. After reperfusion therapy his symptoms gradually improved, including hearing impairment. Endovascular stenting may be helpful in a patient with sudden deafness caused by bilateral VA occlusion.