COVID-19-Associated Middle Ear Myoclonus in a 10-Year-Old Male

Middle ear myoclonus is a rare condition attributed to abnormal, repetitive contractions of the middle ear muscles including the tensor tympani and/or stapedius muscles. This condition generates objective tinnitus that is characterized by a “clicking” noise that is audible to both the patient and an...

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Autores principales: LeBlanc, Gabrielle, Blanco, Patricia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Otolaryngology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9138556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35651465
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24550
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description Middle ear myoclonus is a rare condition attributed to abnormal, repetitive contractions of the middle ear muscles including the tensor tympani and/or stapedius muscles. This condition generates objective tinnitus that is characterized by a “clicking” noise that is audible to both the patient and an outside observer. No specific pathophysiologic process has been identified as the cause of middle ear myoclonus, making its diagnosis and treatment challenging. In this report, we present a presumptive case of COVID-19-associated middle ear myoclonus in a 10-year-old male.
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spelling pubmed-91385562022-05-31 COVID-19-Associated Middle Ear Myoclonus in a 10-Year-Old Male LeBlanc, Gabrielle Blanco, Patricia Cureus Otolaryngology Middle ear myoclonus is a rare condition attributed to abnormal, repetitive contractions of the middle ear muscles including the tensor tympani and/or stapedius muscles. This condition generates objective tinnitus that is characterized by a “clicking” noise that is audible to both the patient and an outside observer. No specific pathophysiologic process has been identified as the cause of middle ear myoclonus, making its diagnosis and treatment challenging. In this report, we present a presumptive case of COVID-19-associated middle ear myoclonus in a 10-year-old male. Cureus 2022-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9138556/ /pubmed/35651465 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24550 Text en Copyright © 2022, LeBlanc et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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COVID-19-Associated Middle Ear Myoclonus in a 10-Year-Old Male
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9138556/
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