title: [Otosyphilis].
abstract: We present a case in which a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) developed a sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus due to inner-ear syphilis affection. The patient had normal otomicroscopy, tympanometry, ear, nose & throat examination, caloric test and intracranial magnetic resonance imagining. Relevant serological blood samples and lumbal puncture indicated syphilis in its secondary stage or the early latent phase. Audiometry demonstrated a considerable improvement and tinnitus decreased after ten days of treatment with antibiotics and prednisone.
authors.affiliation: Odense Universitetshospital, Øre-, Naese- og Halskirurgisk Afdeling F, 5000 Odense C. wanscher@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jens Højberg
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wanscher
authors.forename: Christian E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Faber
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D001299:Audiometry; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology