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AUTHOR
R. Raineri
B-type natriuretic peptides and thyroid disease
The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Central Hearing Deficits: Beyond the Acoustic Schwannoma
Acoustic schwannoma is assumed to be the most common cause of sensory-neural hearing loss (SNHL), and many papers have described the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of cerebello-pontine angle (CPA) tumours, particularly schwannoma. We retrospectively examined 72 patients complaining of different clinical syndromes and SNHL or different kinds of acoustic impairment who underwent MRI brain study excluding the presence of acoustic schwannoma and other CPA masses. In conclusion, although acoustic schwannoma is the most common cause of acquired HD, a lesion involving the neural centers of the acoustic pathway can also determine SNHL or HD. Considering the high sensitiv…
Uncommon site of Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) involving the external auditory canal (EAC). Case Report
Purpose: Evaluation and discussion of the procedure of the gufoni manoeuvre and its advantages in the treatment of BPPV of LSC Matherial and methods:Prospective study of 58 patients affected by LSC BPPV who where office-treated with Gufoni manoeuvre Results:Seventy-nine percent of ptients so treated had complete resolution of symptons, and 6,9% did not show any improvement in their symptons.The remaining 13,8% had a conversion into posterior semicircular BPPV Conclusions:Gufoni''s manoeuvre is effective in treating patients suffering from BPPV of LSC;it is simple to perform;there are not many movement to execute, it needs low time of positioning, and positionsare confortable to the patient …