Right Cochlea-Facial Nerve Dehiscence: 16 Year Old Thought to Have  Conversion Disorder
Channel: EarInformation
Date: 2019-04-14

This 16 year old young woman had severe migraine headaches, gravitational receptor dysfunction type of vertigo (dizziness and disequilibrium), sound-induced dizziness and cognitive dysfunction (third window syndrome). She was thought to have a psychiatric problem called conversion disorder. She had a right round window reinforcement surgery when she was 17 years old. Surgical repair resolved her problems. She was unable to attend high school, but she is now finishing her last year of college. Her surgery was performed in 2013, before cochlea-facial nerve dehiscence was described. Review of her high-resolution temporal bone CT scan in March 2019 revealed that she had a right cochlea-facial nerve dehiscence rather than CT negative third window syndrome.