Acute deafness after carbon monoxide poisoning. Case report and review of the literature
El Murr, T.; Tohme, A.; Ghayad, E.
Annales de Medecine Interne 153(3): 206-208
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-410X PMID: 12218905 Document Number: 543243
A 61-year-old man developed an extrapyramidal syndrome 15 days after an episode of carbon monoxide poisoning. Two months later he developed severe deafness. Brain imaging revealed ischemic lesions in the region of the basal ganglia. Audiometric studies disclosed neurosensorial deafness. The patient died nine months later due to respiratory complications.