[Perilymphatic fistula: report of a case which resolved spontaneously in five days and literature review].

OBJECTIVE

We report a patient with a perilymphatic fistula and review the literature on this topic.

METHODS

The patient was a 50 years old male with a five days history of intense and continuous vertigo associated with nausea, vomiting and sweating, which was initiated after a sudden noise in the left ear. The symptoms resolved spontaneously over five days, without surgical treatment. The clinical picture resembles those previously reported for perilymphatic fistula. The current literature on this topic has been reviewed in this article.

CONCLUSIONS

The patient presented an early recovery, what corroborates the current tendency of waiting a few weeks before indicating surgery.