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Neurosyphilis as a Cause of Facial and Vestibulocochlear Nerve Dysfunction: MR Imaging Features AJNR 21:1673-1675, Smith, M.M. & Anderson, J.C., 2000 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract We report a case of neurosyphilis causing bilateral facial and vestibulocochlear nerve dysfunction in which the diagnosis was not initially suspected based on the patient?s demographics and history. The MR imaging features helped to make the diagnosis in this case and to exclude other possible causes of multiple cranial nerve dysfunction in this patient. Hearing loss associated with neurosyphilis is one of the few treatable forms of progressive hearing loss, and it is essential that a diagnosis of neurosyphilis be made expeditiously.

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