Open AccessUnilateral sudden hearing loss and anterior inferior cerebellar artery infarction
Author(s) -
Aslı Ece Çilliler,
Hayat Güven,
Arzu Aldemir,
Selçuk Çomoğlu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
türk beyin damar hastalıkları dergisi/türk beyin damar hastalıkları dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2146-9113
pISSN - 1301-1375
DOI - 10.5505/tbdhd.2015.74946
Subject(s) - anterior inferior cerebellar artery , medicine , sudden hearing loss , infarction , cardiology , audiology , hearing loss , myocardial infarction , surgery , aneurysm
Vertebrobasilary system infarctions are rarely localized in the territory of anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA). In most cases the mechanism for AICA occlusion is atherothrombotic. Although clinical findings varies according to the wideness and localization of the infarction, tinnitus, vertigo, vomiting, ataxia, nistagmus and facial weakness are the most common symptoms. Sudden hearing loss is a rare symptom of the AICA infarction.In this paper we present a 66 year-old male patient who had unilateral sudden hearing loss, facial paralysis and ataxia