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Hearing loss as an unusual consequence of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma

A sixty-one year old man was referred with a history of progressive dysphagia, vomiting and weight loss with some back pain. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and biopsies revealed a gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. Despite the absence of metastatic disease on computed tomography, positron...

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Autores principales: Owers, CE, Stewart, DJ, Stone, J, Kelty, CJ
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JSCR Publishing Ltd 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24946349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2010.8.6
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Sumario:A sixty-one year old man was referred with a history of progressive dysphagia, vomiting and weight loss with some back pain. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and biopsies revealed a gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. Despite the absence of metastatic disease on computed tomography, positron emission tomography demonstrated multiple vertebral and sternal deposits. He was reviewed in an ENT clinic with a sudden onset of hearing loss accompanied by dizziness, but no focal neurology. Magnetic resonance imaging identified bilateral 2cm lesions at the internal auditory meatus, consistent with a diagnosis of bilateral acoustic neuromas. The patient subsequently died of carcinomatosis and, because of the potential familial significance of bilateral acoustic neuromas, a limited post-mortem examination was carried out. Unexpectedly, this revealed bilateral adenocarcinoma metastases infiltrating the internal auditory meatus affecting the acoustic nerves. The authors believe this a very rare presentation of metastatic gastric disease.