Labyrinthine infarction as a cause of acute cochleovestibular syndrome

Abstract

Labyrinthine infarction is a rare variant of vertebrobasilar stroke. The disease requires differentiation from other causes of acute cochleovestibular deficiency, in particular, with viral labyrinthitis, which presents serious clinical difficulties. The article describes a clinical case of labyrinthine infarction in a patient with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. The diagnosis was made possible by the use of magnetic resonance imaging with delayed contrast enhancement. Modern data on clinical and instrumental diagnosis of the disease are presented.

Keywords

• labyrinthine infarction
• acute cochleovestibulopathy
• diagnostics
• magnetic resonance imaging