Main description:

This text provides a concise yet comprehensive review of common neurologic disorders. The pathophysiology, presentation, diagnosis, and management of these entities is discussed in detail in a clear, easy to understand format. The focus is on patients presented with vertigo, disequilibrium, hearing loss, pulsatile and non-pulsatile tinnitus, facial nerve weakness, and complications of the otitis media. Vascular tumors and anomalies, trauma to the temporal bone,
Meniere's disease, as well as cerebellopontine lesions such as vestibular schwannoma and meningioma will be discussed with special emphasis on clinical applications. The appropriate diagnostic work up and treatment options as well as controversies will be discussed in the context of evidence-based
medicine and "best practice" approach. Judicious use of MRI/CT scanning and audio-vestibular testing relevant for each pathology is discussed in detail. Appropriate illustrations and tables will summarize algorithms and protocols for managing these disorders making this text an easy-to-digest medical resource. A reference list is provided.

Contents:

1. Presbycusis. ; 2. Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss. ; 3. Noise Induced Hearing Loss. ; 4. Ototoxins. ; 5. Congenital Hearing Loss. ; 6. Neurofibromatosis. ; 7. Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors (CPA).- Part I: Acoustic Neuroma and Meningioma; ; 8. Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors (CPA).- Part II :Rare tumors of the CPA. ; Section II: Vertigo and Dysequilibrium ; 9. Meniere's Disease. ; 10. Vestibular Neuropathy. ; 11. Labyrinthitis ; 12. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo ; 13. Migrainous Vertigo ; 14. Perilymphatic Fistula ; 15. Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence ; 16. Labyrinthine Concussion ; Section III: Tinnitus ; 17. Subjective Tinnitus ; 18. Paragangliomas ; 19. Arterovenous Malformations and Aberrant Vasculature ; 20. Benign Intracranial Hypertension ; 21. Tegmen Dehiscence ; Section IV: Facial Neuropathy ; 22. Congenital Facial Palsy ; 23. Bell's Palsy ; 24. Traumatic Facial Palsy ; 25. Facial Neuroma ; Section V: Neurologic Complications of Otitis Media ; 26. Facial Paralysis ; 27. Petrous Apicitis ; 28. Meningitis and Brain Abscess ; 29. Otic Hydrocephalus ; 30. Lateral or Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis