[Sudden deafness].

Sudden deafness is a real clinical entity. Very important advances have been achieved these last years in cochlear physiology and afford a better knowledge of the mechanisms of deafness but not the causal agent. Two major pathogenic hypotheses are formulated: viral agent and vascular cause.

Spontaneous rupture of a left iliac arterial aneurysm. A case report.

Isolated aneurysm of the iliac arteries is rare. It represents only 1.7% of the aneurysms of the aortic bifurcation involving the arteries (7, 13) and its rupture can be fatal.