Ventral Pontine Syndrome Presenting with Distressing Tinnitus Responding to Pregabalin
Brainstem is commonly involved in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH). We report a 54-year-old man with accelerated hypertension presenting with ventral pontine hemorrhage. He had right sixth- and seventh-nerve palsy with left-sided hemiparesis. During the hospital stay, he developed disabling tinnitus in the right ear. Tinnitus is associated with the disruption of the central auditory pathway. He was given pregabalin for tinnitus and reported a significant improvement.
Authors
- Saranya B Gomathy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8862-0505)
- Sunil K. Narayan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9866-2894)
- Ramkumar Sugumaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4007-4640)
- Jayaram Saibaba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0736-5141)
- Pushkar Pazhani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5934-0152)
- Manoj Manyem
Institutions
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Stroke Medicine
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/25166085251316936
- Primary Topic
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00