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Acute bilateral sensorineural hearing loss as presentation of leptomeningeal metastases
  1. Ayush Agarwal1,
  2. Divyani Garg1,
  3. Shikha Priya1,
  4. Punith Saroja Bylappa1,
  5. Ajay Garg2,
  6. Shamim Ahmed Shamim3,
  7. Anshuman Elhence4,
  8. Divya M Radhakrishnan1,
  9. Awadh Kishor Pandit1,
  10. Achal K Srivastava1
  1. 1 Neurology, AIIMS, New Delhi, Delhi, India
  2. 2 Neuroimaging and Interventional Neuroradiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, Delhi, India
  3. 3 Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India
  4. 4 Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Divyani Garg; divyanig{at}gmail.com

Abstract

We describe a rare occurrence of bilateral acute severe sensorineural hearing loss in a middle-aged man that heralded the diagnosis of metastatic gastric cancer.

  • NEURORADIOLOGY
  • PET
  • ONCOLOGY
  • NEUROOTOLOGY

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https://doi.org/10.1136/pn-2024-004167

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    • Contributors AA and DG: Conception, design, analysis, drafting and final approval. SP, SBP, SAS, AG, AE, DMR, AP and AKS: Design, analysis, drafting and final approval.

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