title: Audiovestibular system, fifth and seventh cranial nerve involvement in leprosy.
abstract: Thirty-nine patients with leprosy and fifteen sex- and age-matched controls were investigated for disorders of the fifth and seventh cranial nerves and that of the audiovestibular system. Sensorineural hearing loss found to be of cochlear origin was detected in eight (22%) of the patients with leprosy compared to none in the control group (p > 0.05). Vestibular dysfunction was noted in four patients (11.1%) compared to none in the control group (p < or = 0.05). Two cases were found to have fifth nerve involvement and one (2.8%) had seventh nerve involvement. None in the control group had fifth or seventh nerve deficit.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koyuncu
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002150:Caloric Tests; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology