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Sudden bilateral hearing loss due to gastric carcinoma and its histological evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Yayoi Suzuki ,
Kimitaka Kaga ,
Yuriko Sugiuchi ,
Tetsuo Ishii ,
Jun-Ichi Suzuki  and
Takashi Takiguchi
Yayoi Suzuki
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Japan.
Kimitaka Kaga*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Japan.
Yuriko Sugiuchi
Affiliation:
Department of OtolaryngologyTokyo Medical and Dental University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Tetsuo Ishii
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Hiroshima, Japan.
Jun-Ichi Suzuki
Affiliation:
Department of OtolaryngologyTeikyo University, Hiroshima, Japan
Takashi Takiguchi
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Takiguchi Otological Clinic, Hiroshima, Japan.
*
Address for correspondence: K. Kaga, M.D., Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan. Fax: 81-3-3814-9486 Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Six temporal bones and a brain tissue sample removed at autopsy from four patients with bilateral sudden hearing loss related to gastric adenocarcinoma were histologically studied. The pathological remains suggest that the sudden hearing loss of these patients may have occurred via one of two different mechanisms: (1) metastasis to the internal auditory meatus damaging the auditory nerve or (2) inner ear haemorrhage damaging Corti's organ. These two mechanisms may cause bilateral sudden deafness in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma.

Keywords

Hearing losssudden sensorineuralStomach neoplasmsAdenocarcinomaTemporal bone
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 12 , December 1997 , pp. 1142 - 1146
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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