Sudden deafness in a patient with temporal arteritis.
A patient with anemia and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate presented with sudden hearing loss. The diagnosis of temporal arteritis was verified by temporal biopsy. Initiation of corticosteroid therapy reversed the disease manifestations and within a short period improved the patient's hearing.
D000368:Aged; D001299:Audiometry; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011241:Prednisone