title: [Metastasis to the temporal bone may cause acute peripheral vestibular syndrome and impaired hearing].
abstract: Metastasis to the petrous apex of the temporal bone may cause acute peripheral vestibular syndrome and impaired hearing or be asymptomatic. Contrast computed tomography should be performed to exclude pathology in the temporal bone in patients with vestibulocochlear deficit, a history of cancer and no findings on cerebral magnetic resonance imaging. We describe a case of a 61-year-old man with metastatic prostatic carcinoma to the temporal bone.
authors.affiliation: Øre-næse-halsafdelingen, Slagelse Sygehus, Ingemannsvej 18, 4200 Slagelse, Denmark. kristinegrubbe@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kristine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grubbe Gregersen
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D046088:Hearing Loss, Unilateral / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*