title: Chiari Type I malformation presenting with bilateral hearing loss.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health Yildirim Beyazit Diskapi Education and Research Hospital, 1st Neurosurgery Clinic, Ankara 06110, Turkey.
authors.forename: Habibullah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dolgun
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Turkoglu
authors.forename: Hayri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kertmen
authors.forename: Erdal R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Zeki
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sekerci
mesh_terms: 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