Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Turkey.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2022 Feb;72(2):354-356. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.1500.
In the present era of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it has been observed that the severe acute respiratory syndrome, coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection does not only affect the respiratory tract, but also triggers various neurological symptoms in one-third of patients. The most prominent of such symptoms is anosmia, which is independent of rhinologic symptoms such as nasal obstruction, discharge, and pain that cannot be otherwise explained. Vestibular neuronitis ranks third among the causes of peripheral vestibular vertigo, characterized by nausea, vomiting, and dizziness that develops within minutes or hours. Although the etiopathogenesis remains poorly known, neuronitis is generally considered to be attributable to the viral or post-viral inflammation of the vestibular branch of the eighth cranial nerve. This report presents a case of vestibular neuronitis, which is likely to be a manifestation of acute vestibular neuronitis associated with COVID-19.
在当前的 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行时代，人们观察到严重急性呼吸系统综合征，冠状病毒 2（SARS-CoV-2）感染不仅会影响呼吸道，还会使三分之一的患者出现各种神经系统症状。其中最突出的症状是嗅觉丧失，这与不能用其他方式解释的鼻阻塞、分泌物和疼痛等鼻科症状无关。前庭神经元炎在引起周围性前庭眩晕的原因中排名第三，其特征是在几分钟或几小时内出现恶心、呕吐和头晕。尽管病因发病机制仍知之甚少，但神经炎通常被认为是第八颅神经前庭支的病毒或病毒后炎症引起的。本报告介绍了一例前庭神经元炎病例，该病例可能是与 COVID-19 相关的急性前庭神经元炎的表现。
