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Universitas Medica
Print version ISSN 0041-9095On-line version ISSN 2011-0839
Abstract
MARIN GALLEGO, Gina Lorena; BARRAGAN DELGADO, Sebastián and HERNANDEZ GONZALEZ, Santiago. Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome: A Case Report. Univ. Med. [online]. 2018, vol.59, n.2, pp.61-66. ISSN 0041-9095. https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.umed59-2.savd.
Large vestibular aqueduct is the most frequent condition found in radiological imaging of patients with sensorineural hearing loss. The frequency of this syndrome continues to be underestimated, which has lead to underdiagnosis. The purpose of this case report and its discussion is to clarify the most important aspects of the clinical diagnosis, audiology and radiology, as well as rise attention to the importance of this entity as part of the differential diagnosis in hearing loss workup.
Keywords : vestibular aqueduct; hearing loss; sensorineural; conductive.