Relapsing polychondritis: A rare cause of sudden severe sensorineural hearing loss
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a very rare diseas e, and the symptoms can be vague. This case report serves as a reminder to take RP into consideration in patients with sudden hearing loss, with concur� rent features of recurrent cartilaginous inflammati on. A young lady presented with recur...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ministry of Health and Universiti Brunei Darussalem
2013
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/31254/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/31254/1/BIMJ_RP.pdf |
| Summary: | Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a very rare diseas
e, and the symptoms can be vague. This case report
serves as a reminder to take RP into consideration
in patients with sudden hearing loss, with concur�
rent features of recurrent cartilaginous inflammati
on.
A young lady presented with recurrent eye in�
flammation for two years and sought treatments from
various general practitioners and ophthalmolo�
gists. Each attack was successfully controlled with
a short course of oral or topical steroids. She la
ter
developed sudden onset aural perichondritis and sev
ere bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and a diag
nosis of RP was made after clinical and laboratory
assessments. Delay in the diagnosis and treatment
has led to permanent hearing loss in this patient. |
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