title: Unilateral nerve deafness in childhood: a possible vascular etiology.
abstract: Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss in an eight-year-old girl, with radiographic evidence suggesting occlusion of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery, is reported. Previous to the present report, a vascular etiology of this disorder has not been demonstrated.
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D001299:Audiometry; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply*; D002648:Child; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology*; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011011:Pneumoencephalography; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging