Aneurysm of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery at the internal auditory meatus.
An aneurysm of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery is reported. Symptoms were a sudden and intermittent hearing loss. Electrocochleography indicated that the patient's deafness was of retrolabyrinthine origin. Vertebral angiography disclosed the aneurysm. At operation the aneurysm was coated. The literature is reviewed.
D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006313:Hearing Loss, Central / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010579:Petrous Bone