Journal of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology of Shandong University ›› 2019, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (4): 47-51.doi: 10.6040/j.issn.1673-3770.0.2018.573

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Correlation between unilateral sudden deafness and imaging features of vertebrobasilar artery

ZHAO Junying, WANG Jianming   

  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head Neck Surgery, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
  • Online:2019-07-20 Published:2019-07-22

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Abstract: Objective To investigate the correlation between unilateral sudden deafness and the imaging features of vertebrobasilar artery. Methods This study included 175 patients diagnosed with unilateral sudden deafness in our hospital between 2014 and 2018, who had complete laboratory and imaging data. Data were analyzed in order to determine the relationship between the side and degree of hearing loss and the imaging characteristics of vertebral and basilar arteries. Results A stenosis/tortuosity of vertebral(χ2=8.031, P=0.045)and basilar arteries(χ2=5.091, P=0.034)was found to be related to hearing loss side. The univariate analysis results of hearing loss predictors demonstrated that left-sided hearing loss in patients is related to right-sided(odds ratio ［OR］=2.89, 95% confidence interval ［CI］: 1.77-2.77, P=0.036)and bilateral vertebral artery stenosis/tortuosity(OR=4.43, 95% CI: 1.49-13.23, P=0.008). Basilar artery stenosis/tortuosity on neither side is related to right-sided hearing loss in patients(OR=0.31, 95% CI: 0.11-0.90, P=0.030). Other evaluated factors were not statistically significant. Multivariate analysis matched by age and sex demonstrated that stenosis/tortuosity of the right vertebral artery was related to left-sided hearing loss(OR=2.83, 95% CI: 1.05-7.67, P=0.040), whereas no statistically significant difference was observed for the relationship between stenosis/tortuosity of basilar artery and hearing loss(χ2 = 3.339, P=0.068). The degree of hearing loss in patients with sudden deafness is not related with the imaging features of the vertebral(χ2 = 3.897, P=0.273)and basilar arteries(χ2 = 3.339, P=0.068). Conclusion In patients with sudden deafness, the lateral nature of hearing loss is influenced by stenosis/tortuosity of the vertebrobasilar artery, whereas stenosis/tortuosity of the right vertebral artery is related to hearing loss in the left ear.

Key words: Sudden deafness, Vertebrobasilar artery, Posterior circulation ischemia, Etiology

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  • R764.13
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