[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.
Servicio de ORL, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia.
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García Callejo
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Sebastián Gil
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Morant Ventura
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Marco Algarra
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