Sensorineural hearing loss caused by metastatic prostatic carcinoma: a case report.
Metastases to the temporal bone are a recognized, if rare, cause of otological symptoms including sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Carcinoma of the prostate is a common cancer which frequently metastasizes to bone but is only rarely reported in the temporal bone. We report a case of sudden sensorineural hearing loss due to metastatic prostatic carcinoma in the temporal bone.
Pringle
M B
MB
Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital, London.
Jefferis
A F
AF
Barrett
G S
GS
D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed