title: Meningeal carcinomatosis causing isolated bilateral symmetric progressive hearing loss.
abstract: A 53-year-old man presented with isolated bilateral progressive hearing loss from about 5 months. Fourteen months after onset of this isolated symptom a diagnosis of meningeal carcinomatosis (MC) was made. Isolated bilateral deafness is a rare first manifestation of MC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. stefit_bo@yahoo.it
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Testoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pirodda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pastore Trossello
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Minguzzi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: D'Alessandro
mesh_terms: D018450:Disease Progression; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged