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Case Reports
. 2011 Sep-Oct;77(5):678.
doi: 10.1590/s1808-86942011000500026.

Bilateral sudden deafness

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Therezita M Peixoto Patury Galvão Castro  1 , Laurisson Albuquerque da Costa, Maria Eliza Alencar Nemezio, Lucas José Sá da Fonseca
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Bilateral sudden deafness

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Therezita M Peixoto Patury Galvão Castro et al. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2011 Sep-Oct.
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Complementary tests. Upper left-hand image: MRI showing an acoustic neuroma to the right (arrow); upper righthand image: skull CT showing a hypodense area near the right ventricle horn (circle); lower image: tonal audiometry showing bearing loss after a sudden hearing loss spell.
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