Abstract

MALDONADO CABRERA, Byron René; ORTIZ BENAVIDES, Ana Lorena; SUAREZ, Daniel Gonzales  and  ENCALADA GARCIA, Carlos Eduardo. Autoimmune inner ear disease. Rev. parag. reumatol. [online]. 2022, vol.8, n.2, pp.89-93. ISSN 2413-4341.  https://doi.org/10.18004/rpr/2022.08.02.89.

Abstract: Autoimmune inner ear disease is a rare clinical entity with incidence rates of between five and twenty cases per hundred thousand inhabitants/yearand characterized by bilateral hea ring loss with vestibular manifestations and clinical signs of autoimmune pathology. In addi tion, difficult diagnosis and unestablished laboratory criteria contribute to the underdiagnosis of the condition. Early treatment prevents irreversible hearing loss; initial treatment is with steroids, which have an impact on hearing improvement. Autoimmune ear disease is more common in women than in men, the initial age of presentation is usually between 20 and 50 years. We present the clinical case of a 45 year old woman with symptoms of chronic headache plus hearing loss with the presence of positive anti cochlear antibodies anti HPS 70 with an adequate response to immunosuppression.

Keywords : Enfermedad autoinmune del oído interno; inmunosupresión; perdida auditiva.

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