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The possible association of pyoderma gangrenosum and progressive sensorineural deafness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Ajay Nigam*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Manor Hospital, Walsall
Ashok R. DasGupta
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Manor Hospital, Walsall
*
A. Nigam, Department of Otolaryngology, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE7 7DN.

Abstract

Deafness is known to be associated with certain autoimmune disorders. This article describes a hitherto unreported possible association between pyoderma gangrenosum and progressive bilateral sensorineural deafness.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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