Neurotological findings in a patient with narrow internal auditory canal: a case report.
We report neurotological findings in a patient with unilateral narrow internal auditory canal, as confirmed by computed tomography. The patient presented no auditory brainstem response on the affected side. Vestibular tests including vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP) and caloric test revealed normal function of both inferior and superior vestibular neural pathways.
Ochi
Kentaro
K
Department of Otolaryngology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1, Sugao, Miyamae-ku, 216-8511, Kawasaki City, Japan. k2ochi@marianna-u.ac.jp
Kinoshita
Hirotsugu
H
Kenmochi
Mutsumi
M
Nishino
Hirohito
H
Ohashi
Toru
T
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003638:Deafness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D012444:Saccule and Utricle / Q000503:physiopathology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D014726:Vestibular Nuclei / Q000503:physiopathology; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology