Hearing loss after lumbar puncture.
We report a 63-year-old man who developed transient acute on chronic hearing loss after a lumbar puncture performed to investigate raised intracranial pressure. He was subsequently found to have stenosis of the distal left transverse sinus, which was treated with stenting.
Crawford
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Department of Medicine, Whangarei Hospital, PO Box 742, Whangarei 0110, New Zealand.
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D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001259:Ataxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001299:Audiometry; D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D003051:Cochlea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003052:Cochlear Aqueduct / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003392:Cranial Sinuses / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010498:Perilymph; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents