title: [Sudden sensorineural hearing loss as the first symptom of multiple sclerosis. Review of literature and case report].
abstract: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is rarely the first manifestation of multiple sclerosis (MS). In the presented case of a 31-year-old woman, sudden hearing loss in the left ear was the first monosymptomatic manifestation of the disease. Based on clinical evaluation and MRI, we diagnosed the relapsing-remitting variant of MS. The several-month long observation of the patient included noting the fluctuations in the patient's hearing capability in correlation with the continuously abnormal auditory brainstem responses.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Otolaryngologii Szpitala Miejskiego im. J. Brudzińskiego w Gdyni.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szymańska
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gerwel
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cieszyńska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index