Sudden deafness in a patient with temporal arteritis

Wolfovitz, E.; Levy, Y.; Brook, J.G.; Wolfovitz, E; Levy, Y; Brook, J.G

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Sudden deafness in a patient with temporal arteritis

Wolfovitz, E.; Levy, Y.; Brook, J.G.

Journal of Rheumatology 14(2): 384-385

1987

ISSN/ISBN: 0315-162X

PMID: 3599012

Document Number: 296557

A patient with anemia and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate presented with sudden hearing loss. The diagnosis of temporal arteritis was verified by temporal biopsy. Initiation of corticosteroid therapy reversed the disease manifestations and within a short period improved the patient's hearing.