Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis: an unusual cause of sudden onset bilateral sensorineural hearing loss

Graham Joseph Jeffs; Gabriel Yin-Foo Lee; George Tse-Hwai Wong

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2004.12.009

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis: an unusual cause of sudden onset bilateral sensorineural hearing loss

J Clin Neurosci. 2006 Jan;13(1):116-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.12.009.

Authors

Graham Joseph Jeffs¹, Gabriel Yin-Foo Lee, George Tse-Hwai Wong

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Charles Gairdiner Hospital, Perth 6008, Western Australia, Australia. jeffsyg@hotmail.com

PMID: 16410210
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.12.009

Abstract

We report a 66-year-old woman who developed sudden-onset bilateral sensorineural deafness due to leptomeningeal carcinomatosis involving the vestibulocochlear nerves. The clinical and diagnostic features of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma / complications*
Carcinoma / pathology
Female
Hearing Loss, Bilateral / etiology*
Hearing Loss, Bilateral / pathology
Hearing Loss, Sudden / etiology*
Hearing Loss, Sudden / pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Meningeal Neoplasms / complications*
Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology