Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-vdxz6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-29T17:41:43.217Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Bullous myringitis: its relation to sensorineural hearing loss

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

R. Feinmesser
Affiliation:
Jerusalem, Israel Address for reprints: R. Feinmesser, E.N.T. Department and Audiology Center, Hadassah Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
M. J. Weissel
Affiliation:
Jerusalem, Israel
H. Levi
Affiliation:
Jerusalem, Israel
S. Weiss
Affiliation:
Jerusalem, Israel

Abstract

Bullous myringitis is considered to be a self-limiting disease without complications. Clinical evidence has shown it to be frequently accompanied by sensorineural hearing loss, more often than it was thought to be.

The case of a 20-year-old girl is presented in whom bullous myringitis was accompanied by transient sensorineural hearing loss. The site of the lesion was determined to be in the cochlea. We determined, with a high degree of certainty, that the causative agent was mycoplasma.

Type
Clinical records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1980

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Adams, G. L., Boies, L. R., and Paparella, M. M. (1978) Boies's Fundamentals of Otolaryngology. Edited by Saunders, W. B. Co.Google Scholar
Dawes, J. D. K. (1952) Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 67, 313.Google Scholar
English, G. N. (1976) Medical Department. Edited by Harper & Row Publishers. Hagerstown, Maryland.Google Scholar
Jawetz, E., Melnick, J. L., and Adelberg, E. A. (1970) Review of Medical Microbiology. Maruzen Asian edition.Google Scholar
Merifield, D. O. (1962) Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, 71, 124.Google Scholar
Milligan, W. (1926) Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 41, 493.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Paparella, M. M., and Shumrick, D. A. (1974) Otolaryngology, Edited by Saunders, W. B. Co.Google Scholar
Scott, S. (1926) Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 41, 528.Google Scholar
Senturia, B., and Sulkin, S. (1942) Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, 51, 476.Google Scholar
Sobeslavsky, D.et al. (1965) Pediatrics, 35, 653.Google Scholar
Wetmore, S. J., and Abramson, M. (1979) Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 87, 66.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Winthrobe, M. M., Thorn, G. W., Adams, R. D., Bennett, I. L., Braunwald, F., Issel-Bacher, K. J., and Petersdorf, R. G. (1971) Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. Blakiston Publication.Google Scholar