Recurrent hearing loss after myelography treated with epidural blood patch.
Transient hearing impairment is a known sequel after various procedures that result in loss of cerebrospinal fluid, such as lumbar puncture, spinal anesthesia and myelography. But persistent or recurrent hearing loss after dural puncture is a rare entity. We present a case with recurrent low-frequency sensorineural hearing loss after myelography. The patient was treated successfully by means of an epidural blood patch, although the conservative treatment was ineffective.
Nakaya
Muneo
M
Department of Otolaryngology, Central Hospital of Self-Defence Agency, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1 Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. muneo@interlink.or.jp
Morita
Ichiro
I
Horiuchi
Masatoshi
M
D017217:Blood Patch, Epidural / Q000379:methods*; D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012008:Recurrence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000009:adverse effects; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery