Sudden deafness accompanied by asymptomatic mumps.
In this study we investigated asymptomatic mumps as a possible cause of sudden deafness. We studied 131 sudden deafness patients by measuring their serum mumps antibody values. Positive IgM antibody results, which strongly suggest recent mumps infection, were revealed in 9 of the 130 patients tested (6.9%). Asymptomatic mumps infections are apparently closely related to sudden deafness. Further studies will provide more definite diagnoses of mumps deafness and might be applicable to the treatment of such hearing loss.
Okamoto
M
M
Department of Otolaryngology, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan.
Shitara
T
T
Nakayama
M
M
Takamiya
H
H
Nishiyama
K
K
Ono
Y
Y
Sano
H
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009107:Mumps / Q000276:immunology; D009109:Mumps virus / Q000276:immunology; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D013256:Steroids; D014665:Vasodilator Agents