Otosyphilis: A rare cause of acute bilateral sensorineural hearing loss in a HIV-negative patient

Bilateral acute hearing loss is rare, and the aetiology is poorly defined. Less common treatable pathologies such as otosyphilis must be part of the differential diagnosis and should be actively excluded. We present a case of a 23-year-old woman who developed acute bilateral hearing loss due to otos...

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Autores principales: Sothmann, Johan, Adam, Shaun, van Tonder, Gideon, Davis, Razaan, van Rensburg, Leon Janse
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8991266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35402007
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v26i1.2351
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Sumario:Bilateral acute hearing loss is rare, and the aetiology is poorly defined. Less common treatable pathologies such as otosyphilis must be part of the differential diagnosis and should be actively excluded. We present a case of a 23-year-old woman who developed acute bilateral hearing loss due to otosyphilis, confirmed on audiometry and laboratory tests. In this article, the CT, MRI and clinical findings are presented and discussed.

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