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A Woman with Sudden Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss after Treatment Psoriasis with Acitretin
79 Visan Mahasitthiwat, MD*
* Department of Ophthalmology and Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Faculty of Medicine,
Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon-Nayok
Abstract
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.
Keyword : Ototoxic drug, Sudden sensorineural hearing loss, Acitretin
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