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Sudden-onset hearing loss

    Author: Birgit Ertl-Wagner, Munich, Germany
    Body Region: Brain, and Head and Neck

    1. Patient Presentation
    2. CT Images
    3. CT Findings
    4. Diagnosis
    5. References

    1. Patient Presentation

    • A 54-year-old man presented with a sudden onset of left-sided hearing loss.
    • He had undergone surgery of his right ear for a cholesteatoma several years previously.
    • High-resolution CT of the temporal bone was performed.