Bilateral vision, hearing impairment, and decreased level of consciousness in a patient hospitalized for new-onset seizure.
Middle-aged patients who present with new-onset visual loss, hearing impairment, or decreased level of consciousness usually represent a broad differential diagnosis. We present a 57-year-old man who developed all these symptoms a few days after hospitalization for new-onset seizures.
Tekle
Wondwossen
W
Department of Neurology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Song
Shlee
S
Burger
Kathleen
K
Deshmukh
Vivek
V
D003243:Consciousness / Q000502:physiology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*