[Sudden deafness in connection with mumps (author's transl)].
The authors report three cases of sudden deafness due to mumps. On the first and second case (children) the deafness was severe perceptive and bilateral; in the first case the perceptive deafness occurred on the eight day while in the second case the forteenth day from the onset of mumps. On the third case (male adult) the deafness was unilateral, sudden with degeneration of vestibular, which occurred during virumia of mumps. The characteristic of this case is that the total deafness of right ear is associated with right parotitis and right orchitis. According to bibliography the pathogenesis, the time of deafness, appearance and the degree of hearing loss are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001299:Audiometry; D003348:Cortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003638:Deafness / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009107:Mumps / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D013557:Switzerland; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D003348:Cortisone
Beitrag zum Hörsturz bei Parotitis epidemica