Prognostic factors of sudden hearing loss in children.

Objective: Sudden hearing loss in children under 15 years old is rare and its pathophysiology remains unclear. The aim of this retrospective study was to define prognostic factors of sudden hearing loss in children under 15 years old.

Methods: Among the patients referred to our institution during the period 1990-1999 for sudden hearing loss, 12 children were considered eligible for this study (mean age=9.

[Sternocleidomastroid inflammatory pseudotumors of muscle in children].

Patients And Methods: The files of 12 children presenting with a sternocleidomastoid tumor of infancy at the Timone Children's Hospital in Marseille between 1990 and 1999 were retrospectively studied. All of them underwent physical and ultrasonographic examination.

Results: The mass was firm, within the lower two-thirds of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.