Tapia's Syndrome: keep it in mind!

Bilateral Tapia syndrome in teenager with post traumatic Hangman's fracture and carotid artery dissection

“…However, the central form is extremely rare, as described in a recent review that analyzed TS cases between 1990 and 2020; the same review confirmed that peripheral lesions-related TS were mainly due to post-intubation edema (77 %) [ 11 ].…”

Repeated sudden sensorineural hearing loss with intralabyrinthine hemorrhage in a patient with Glanzmann thrombasthenia: case report

“…Intralabyrinthine hemorrhage is reported to be associated with sickle cell disease, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, viral labyrinthitis, tumor, cholesterol granuloma, lupus erythematosus, trauma, coagulopathy (e.g., use of anticoagulant medications), among other diseases and conditions (Naganawa et al, 2009;Cervantes and Barrs, 2015). Schlegelberger et al (1986) reported a case of hearing loss and triphalangia of the thumbs in a 22-year-old woman with Glanzmann thrombasthenia, but no information on the onset and the characteristics of the hearing loss was described (Corazzi et al, 2023). We are unaware of any reports of intralabyrinthine hemorrhage in patients with Glanzmann thrombasthenia.…”