title: Unilateral sudden hearing loss: a rare symptom of Moyamoya disease.
abstract: A 38-year-old female patient experienced a sudden onset of unilateral sensorineural hearing loss due to Moyamoya disease. A detailed summary of audiological and neurological findings indicated that the sudden hearing loss might be due to Moyamoya disease resulting in occlusion of posterior and middle cerebral arteries. Intravenous prednisolone and trimetazidine dihydrochloride may improve hearing thresholds and speech understanding. To our knowledge, this is the first article in the literature reporting a case of sudden hearing loss as the first manifestation of Moyamoya disease in a young adult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, 06800 Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey. drfatihgul@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gül
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berçin
authors.forename: Togay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Müderris
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yalçıner
authors.forename: Özkan
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Ünal
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kırış
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone / Q000379:methods; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology*; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000473:pathology; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000150:complications*; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology