Abstract | INTRODUCTION: We report the case of a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome with eighth cranial nerve palsy. Vestibulocochlear nerve palsy is extremely rare in Churg-Strauss syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, only one case of complicated neuropathy of the eighth cranial nerve has been described in a previous report presenting an aggregate calculation, but no differentiation between polyarteritis nodosa and Churg-Strauss syndrome was made. High-dose immunoglobulin was administered to our patient, and her neuropathy of the eighth cranial nerve showed improvement. CASE PRESENTATION: CONCLUSIONS: A high dose of immunoglobulin therapy shows favorable effects in neuropathy of the eighth cranial nerve, but no reports regarding its efficacy in cranial neuropathy have been published.
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Authors | Yoshio Ozaki, Akihiro Tanaka, Keiko Shimamoto, Hideki Amuro, Yonsu Son, Tomoki Ito, Shosaku Nomura |
Journal | Journal of medical case reports
(J Med Case Rep)
Vol. 6
Pg. 310
(Sep 18 2012)
ISSN: 1752-1947 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 22989316
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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