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Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 581920, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/581920
Case Report

An Unusual Case of Bilateral Agenesis of the Cochlear Nerves

Vítor Yamashiro Rocha Soares,1 Fabrício Mendes Ferreira,2 Christiane França Coimbra,2 André Luiz Lopez Sampaio,1 and Carlos Augusto Costa Pires De Oliveira1

1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Brasilia, DF, Brazil
2Department of Radiology, University of Brasilia, DF, Brazil

Received 16 April 2012; Accepted 26 June 2012

Academic Editors: J. E. Cohen, R. Hashimoto, and J. Lazareff

Copyright © 2012 Vítor Yamashiro Rocha Soares et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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