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Bilateral sudden hearing loss due to leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
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Published: | April 4, 2012 |
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Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is a rare entity caused by metastases from solid tumors in the form of diffuse seeding to the leptomeninges. Lots of neurologic symptoms related to cerebrum, cerebellum, spinal root, and cranial nerves can be occurred in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis patients. It is not often that only bilateral hearing loss is present as the initial clinical symptom. In this report, we present a 54-year-old man represented with sudden bilateral hearing loss and vertigo who were operated for duodenal adenocarcinoma six months before. The clinical, radiologic, and cerebrospinal fluid cytologic features of the patient and the case reports of sudden hearing loss related to leptomeningeal carcinomatosis are discussed.