AUTO-IMMUNE SENSORINEURAL HEARING-LOSS

被引:667
作者
MCCABE, BF
机构
[1] Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
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D O I
10.1177/000348947908800501
中图分类号
R76 [耳鼻咽喉科学];
学科分类号
100213 ;
摘要
The author proposes the existence of a new entity, autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss, on the basis of diagnostic study and treatment experience with a series of 18 patients. In each case the clinical pattern did not fit with known entities and thus seemed to merit distinctive categorization. In the one patient in whom tissue was available, a vasculitis was evident, a feature of autoimmune disease. All patients responded to treatment for an autoimmune disease, namely, chronic cortisone and cyclophosphamide therapy. The author suggests that all otolaryngologists should be aware of the possibility of this condition, because it is one of the few forms of sensorineural deafness for which we have a treatment. © 1979, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
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页码:585 / 589
页数:5
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