Multiple sclerosis manifesting as sudden hearing loss.
We have presented a unique case in which sudden sensorineural hearing loss was the only initial symptom that developed in a patient who later displayed further symptoms consistent with multiple sclerosis. Although an uncommon cause of sudden hearing loss, multiple sclerosis should be suspected in patients whose symptoms are resistant to routine treatment modalities and in whom other (seemingly incongruous) cranial neuropathies develop.
D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis