著者

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

1

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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.