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High-Speed Human Temporal Bone Sectioning for the Assessment of COVID-19-Associated Middle Ear Pathology
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Unusual presentation of temporal bone involvement in Churg-Strauss syndrome
M Martinez Del Pero1, D Moffat, H Sudhoff
1Department of Otolaryngology and Skull Base Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Objective:
To present a case of a 60-year-old male with a history of sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss due to Churg-Strauss syndrome.
Case Report:
The patient had a 20-year history of asthma and recurrent right otitis media and a nasal polypectomy four years prior to presenting with ear symptoms. Ear, nose and throat involvement is common in Churg-Strauss syndrome, usually manifesting as allergic rhinitis and chronic rhinosinusitis with or without polyps.
Conclusions:
Otolaryngologists play an important role in making an early diagnosis of this disease. To our knowledge this is the first case of Churg-Strauss syndrome primarily presenting with otological pathology: left sensorineural hearing loss and right otitis media.
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