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Pendred's syndrome with episodic vertigo, tinnitus and vomiting and normal bithermal caloric responses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

V. K. Das
V. K. Das*
Affiliation:
Senior Registrar in Audiological Medicine and Tutor, Department of Audiology and Education of the Deaf, The University, Manchester.
*
V. K. Das, Department of Audiology and Education of the Deaf, The University, Manchester M13 9PL.
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Summary

A case of early-onset bilateral sensori-neural deafness with episodic objective vertigo, tinnitus and vomiting, suggestive of Meniere's syndrome, was found to have a diffuse goitre. A Perchlorate discharge test was positive, indicating an organification defect diagnostic of Pendred's syndrome. The case was found to be euthyroid both clinically and on investigations. Tone decay was absent and recruitment was found, thus indicating a cochlear site of lesion. Bithermal caloric tests and clinical tests of vestibular function were within normal limits. X-rays, including petrous tomography, did not show any abnormalities.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 7 , July 1987 , pp. 721 - 722
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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