Presentation
Sudden right deafness.
Patient Data
Bilateral hyperintensity on FLAIR sequence, but, with slight enhancement on T1 sequence in the right cochlea, as opposed to the left one, in keeping with an anterior labyrinthitis (or cochleitis).
Bilateral bulging of the retina on FLAIR with contrast images related to exsudative retinal detachments.
No abnormality is seen in the brain parenchyma.
Case Discussion
The patient had already been monitored for her Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome when she presented in our emergency department with right-sided sudden deafness.
The MRI was performed in order to rule out a stroke.
The hypothesis of a right cochleitis, raised by the radiologist, was then confirmed after the examination by an ENT and the patient was given a corticosteroid treatment.
She eventually recovered from her symptoms.
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