Trauma and Meniere's syndrome.
Thirty-seven patients who developed Meniere's syndrome following acoustic (18) and physical (19) trauma are described and discussed. Histopathologic characteristics, which appear identical to idiopathic Meniere's disease, are described in a gentleman who developed Meniere's syndrome after head trauma. Concepts of cause and effect relationships and pathogenesis are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001299:Audiometry; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000150:complications; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors