Cutaneous-evoked tinnitus: first reported case without preceding posterior fossa surgery.
This is the first report of cutaneous-evoked tinnitus in the absence of posterior fossa surgery. A 56-year-old physician described brief bursts of clicking tinnitus in the right ear in response to rubbing a tiny area over the spine of the right scapula. He had cervical spondylosis and mild, stable, high-frequency, right-sided sensorineural hearing loss. Similarities to somatosensory Mitempfindung suggest that the condition may not be uncommon.
Bernstein
Jonathan Michael
JM
Department of Otolaryngology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom jbernstein2001@hotmail.com
D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000601:surgery*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000473:pathology; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014110:Touch