title: Sensorineural hearing loss and status epilepticus associated with ulcerative colitis: Is there enough evidence to support immune-related mechanisms?
abstract: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is characterized by an inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. Immune-mediated extraintestinal manifestations of UC have increasingly attracted attention in the literature recently, for which UC is now considered as a systemic disease. Neurologic involvement associated with UC is probably under-reported because of the unawareness of many physicians, although early recognition and treatment are crucial in preventing major morbidity and sequel. In this case report is presented a patient newly diagnosed as UC, who developed both sensorineural hearing loss and intractable status epilepticus that we suggest to have resulted from immune-mediated mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sinem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yazici
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gulcin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benbir
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Birsen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ince
keywords: Immune-mediated mechanisms; sensorineural hearing loss; status epilepticus; ulcerative colitis