Chiari Type I malformation presenting with bilateral hearing loss.
Chiari Type I malformations can present with several clinical signs and symptoms. We describe a 44-year-old female patient presenting with bilateral hearing loss with hydrocephalus coexisting with Chiari Type I malformation and a unilateral arachnoid cyst. Thus, sensorineural hearing loss may be caused by hydrocephalus with Chiari Type I malformation. The placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt without a posterior fossa decompression is an effective treatment.
Dolgun
Habibullah
H
Ministry of Health Yildirim Beyazit Diskapi Education and Research Hospital, 1st Neurosurgery Clinic, Ankara 06110, Turkey.
Turkoglu
Erhan
E
Kertmen
Hayri
H
Yilmaz
Erdal R
ER
Sekerci
Zeki
Z
D000328:Adult; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001345:Autoradiography; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt