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Recovery from Repeated Sudden Hearing Loss in a Patient with Takayasu’s Arteritis Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: The First Report in the Literature
Joint Authors
Greco, A.
Altissimi, Giancarlo
Cianfrone, Giancarlo
Ralli, Massimo
Falasca, Vincenzo
Tombolini, Mario
Turchetta, Rosaria
de Fazio, Sara
de Vincentiis, Marco
Source
Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-09-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Hearing loss has been rarely reported in Takayasu’s arteritis, may present as Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss, and usually responds well to corticosteroid therapy.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is commonly used as a supplementary treatment to corticosteroids for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.
We present the case of a 36-year-old woman with Takayasu’s arteritis who had two episodes of sudden hearing loss involving one ear at a time with an 11-month delay between each episode.
During the first episode, the patient was treated with high-dose intramuscular corticosteroids with a temporary improvement of auditory threshold that deteriorated 14 days after cessation of therapy.
In the second episode, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy was associated with corticosteroids, with improvements in both ears, including the one that was unresponsive in the long term to previous pharmacologic therapy.
In this case, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy could have acted synergically with corticosteroids playing a role in hearing restoration.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ralli, Massimo& Greco, A.& Falasca, Vincenzo& Altissimi, Giancarlo& Tombolini, Mario& Turchetta, Rosaria…[et al.]. 2017. Recovery from Repeated Sudden Hearing Loss in a Patient with Takayasu’s Arteritis Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: The First Report in the Literature. Case Reports in Otolaryngology،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148623
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ralli, Massimo…[et al.]. Recovery from Repeated Sudden Hearing Loss in a Patient with Takayasu’s Arteritis Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: The First Report in the Literature. Case Reports in Otolaryngology No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148623
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ralli, Massimo& Greco, A.& Falasca, Vincenzo& Altissimi, Giancarlo& Tombolini, Mario& Turchetta, Rosaria…[et al.]. Recovery from Repeated Sudden Hearing Loss in a Patient with Takayasu’s Arteritis Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: The First Report in the Literature. Case Reports in Otolaryngology. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148623
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1148623