A Case of Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss after Salicylate Intoxication.
10.3342/kjorl-hns.2010.53.12.798
- Author:
Ha Na LEE
1
;
Woo Seok KANG
;
Hyoung Yong SONG
;
Jong Woo CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. gfinder.jw@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Sodium salicylate;
Hearing loss;
Inner ear;
Poisoning
- MeSH:
Aspirin;
Child;
Ear, Inner;
Gastrointestinal Tract;
Hearing;
Hearing Loss;
Hearing Loss, Bilateral;
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Hypersensitivity;
Korea;
Reye Syndrome;
Salicylates;
Sodium Salicylate;
Tinnitus
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2010;53(12):798-801
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Salicylates, such as aspirin, are considered the most commonly used medicine in Korea for its anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, and analgesic properties. In spite of its wide range of benefits, aspirin produces unwanted adverse effects such as mucosal bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract, renal and hepatic dysfunction, Reye's syndrome in children, and hypersensitivity reactions, etc. Aspirin can also induce ototoxicity, such as reversible hearing loss and tinnitus. The pattern of hearing loss is typically mild to moderate and bilaterally flat in the absence of preexisting hearing loss. Hearing usually recovers in 72 hours after medication. However, it's rare that salicylate-induced ototoxicity are encountered. So we present this case of bilateral hearing loss that occurred after salicylate intoxication with a review of relevant literature.
