Carbamazepine responsive typewriter tinnitus from basilar invagination

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2010 Apr;81(4):456-8. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.173104.

Abstract

Basilar invagination due to a congenital skeletal disorder kinked the brainstem at the ponto-medullary junction causing both auditory nerves to make an acute turn at the porus acousticus. The associated bilateral asynchronous clicking tinnitus responded to carbamazepine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use*
  • Basilar Artery / pathology
  • Basilar Artery / physiopathology*
  • Carbamazepine / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Noise / adverse effects*
  • Tinnitus / drug therapy*
  • Tinnitus / physiopathology*

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Carbamazepine