Journal
AUDIOLOGY AND NEURO-OTOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 36-40Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000315063
Keywords
Hearing loss; Immunohistochemistry; Inner ear neurobiology; Inner ear therapy; Veritgo; Vestibular diseases
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Patients with autoimmune inner ear disease develop rapidly progressive sensorineural hearing loss over a period of several weeks or months, often accompanied by vestibular loss. This disease can occur as a distinct clinical entity or in association with an underlying autoimmune disorder. Treatment comprises immunosuppression by corticosteroids, cytostatic drugs or tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonists. We report histopathological and immunohistochemical findings of the inner ear of a patient with a granulomatous inner ear disease suffering from Crohn's disease that was nonresponsive to treatment and who underwent surgery for bilateral cochlear implants. Copyright (C) 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel
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