Abstract | OBJECTIVE: PATIENT: INTERVENTIONS:
Prednisone and acyclovir were administered empirically during the course of the diagnostic evaluation. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Diagnostic tests were obtained, including audiometry, positron emission tomography/computed tomographic imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging scan of the brain with gadolinium. RESULTS: Audiometry revealed bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss without improvement after steroid and acyclovir treatment. Postchemotherapy positron emission tomography/computed tomographic imaging obtained 1 week after onset of hearing loss suggested the lymphoma to be in remission. However, magnetic resonance imaging obtained a few weeks later, concurrent with progression of symptoms to include facial palsy and numbness, demonstrated enhancement and thickening of multiple cranial nerves, consistent with neurolymphomatosis (malignant lymphocytic infiltration of nerves). CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Robert S Hong, Erika A Woodson, Marlan R Hansen |
Journal | Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology
(Otol Neurotol)
Vol. 30
Issue 4
Pg. 566-9
(Jun 2009)
ISSN: 1537-4505 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 19415035
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Antiviral Agents
- Prednisone
- Acyclovir
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Topics |
- Acyclovir
(therapeutic use)
- Aged
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Antineoplastic Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Antiviral Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Audiometry
- Cranial Nerves
(pathology)
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Hearing Loss, Bilateral
(chemically induced, diagnosis, drug therapy)
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
(complications, drug therapy)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms
(diagnosis, secondary)
- Prednisone
(therapeutic use)
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