A Case of Post-Traumatic Meniere's Disease.
There are only a few reports of post-traumatic Meniere's disease and there is few literature that contains detailed data associated with the disease. We report a case of post-traumatic Meniere's disease. He suffered from tinnitus, fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss, and recurrent vertigo. Symptomatic medical treatment was not helpful and neither was soft tissue plugging around the oval and round windows during exploratory tympanotomy. Three months after soft tissue plugging, endolymphatic sac decompression surgery was performed. The patient's symptoms improved markedly thereafter. The clinical significance of post-traumatic Meniere's disease is described and we present a brief review of the literature.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Juyong
J
Chung
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Hahn Jin
HJ
Jung
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Chong Sun
CS
Kim
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Young Ho
YH
Kim
Endolymphatic hydrops; Endolymphatic sac decompression surgery; Post-traumatic Meniere's disease