Acute tinnitus and hearing loss as the initial symptom of multiple sclerosis in a child.
Acute hearing loss with or without tinnitus has been reported in a number of adult series of multiple sclerosis (MS), but is considered a rare phenomenon. It generally occurs during disease exacerbations, rather than as an isolated finding or presenting feature. We present the case of an 11-year-old girl in whom persistent tinnitus and reversible hearing loss were the sole manifestation of MS at initial presentation.
Rodriguez-Casero
M Victoria
MV
Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Vic., Australia.
Mandelstam
Simone
S
Kornberg
Andrew J
AJ
Berkowitz
Robert G
RG
D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed