A woman with sudden bilateral sensorineural hearing loss after treatment psoriasis with acitretin

Mahasitthiwat, V.

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 88(Suppl 1): S79-S81

2005


ISSN/ISBN: 0125-2208
PMID: 16858938
Document Number: 8173
A case of psoriasis presented with sudden simultaneous bilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss after taking oral acitretin. Audiogram showed bilateral symmetrical sensorineural hearing loss. Her symptom improved after a short course of prednisolone. It is suggested that acitretin may affect hearing acuity.

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