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Bilateral Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Intralabyrinthine Hemorrhage in a Patient With COVID-19 #MMPMID33301283
Chern A; Famuyide AO; Moonis G; Lalwani AK
Otol Neurotol 2021[Jan]; 42 (1): e10-e14 PMID33301283show ga
OBJECTIVE: To describe a case of bilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) and intralabyrinthine hemorrhage in a patient with COVID-19. STUDY DESIGN: Clinical capsule report. SETTING: Tertiary academic referral center. PATIENT: An adult woman with bilateral SSNHL, aural fullness, and vertigo with documented SARS-CoV-2 infection (IgG serology testing). INTERVENTIONS: High-dose oral prednisone with taper, intratympanic dexamethasone. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Audiometric testing, MRI of the internal auditory canal with and without contrast. RESULTS: A patient presented with bilateral SSNHL, bilateral aural fullness, and vertigo. Serology testing performed several weeks after onset of symptoms was positive for IgG COVID-19 antibodies. MRI showed bilateral intralabyrinthine hemorrhage (left worse than right) and no tumor. The patient was treated with two courses of high-dose oral prednisone with taper and a left intratympanic dexamethasone injection, resulting in near-resolution of vestibular symptoms, a fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss in the right ear, and a severe to profound mixed hearing loss in the left ear. CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 may have otologic manifestations including sudden SSNHL, aural fullness, vertigo, and intralabyrinthine hemorrhage.
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