- 著者
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濵本 真一
兵 行義
田中 浩喜
舘 俊廣
森田 倫正
福島 久毅
原田 保
- 出版者
- The Society of Practical Otolaryngology
- 雑誌
- 耳鼻咽喉科臨床 (ISSN:00326313)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.106, no.8, pp.693-697, 2013 (Released:2013-08-01)
- 参考文献数
- 29
- 被引用文献数
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is an idiopathic systemic vasculitis common in infants and children that affects predominantly small and medium-sized extraparenchymal muscular arteries. KD manifests various clinical symptoms, of which coronary aneurysms are the most important complication. However, the association of sensorineural hearing loss with KD is rare. A 7-year-old girl with KD was referred to our department with a chief complaint of hearing loss. In her hearing test, she showed a high degree of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Although the patient was treated with steroid pulse therapy (methylprednisolone), her hearing level deteriorated. Two weeks after steroid therapy, a slight improvement was seen. Thereafter, the patient started to use hearing aids. About one year has elapsed since the onset of hearing loss, but her hearing level has not improved.