[Presentation of 2 cases of sudden deafness in patients with sickle-cell anemia and trait].
We report two cases of sudden deafness which appeared during vaso-occlusive crisis of a sickle cell anaemia (homozygous form of disease) and a sickle cell trait (heterozygous form) in two males aged sixteen and twenty-two, respectively. A high erythrocyte aggregability and low deformability were proved in both young men. Although hearing disorders have been reported in this disease, a sudden onset is not common. The treatment used was useful in the removal of painful crisis and infections, but deafness did not improve in either of then.
García Callejo
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Servicio de ORL, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia.
Sebastián Gil
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Morant Ventura
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Marco Algarra
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004903:Erythrocyte Aggregation; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000209:etiology; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications