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Polyarteritis nodosa and deafness A human temporal bone study

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Temporal bone changes were described in a 66 year old woman with polyarteritis nodosa who became deaf 7 months before death. Polyarteritis nodosa of the left internal auditory artery was demonstrated with fibrosis and bone formation involving the cochlea and vestibular system. Endolymphatic hydrops of the basal turn of the cochlea was also present, as well as a chronic perforation of the free wall of the saccule.

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  1. Division of Head and Neck Surgery (Otolaryngology) and Department of Pathology, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Ruth Gussen

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Supported by USPHS grant NS-06606 from the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke

The author is indebted to Mrs. Ada Dörr for invaluable technical assistance.

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Gussen, R. Polyarteritis nodosa and deafness A human temporal bone study. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 217, 263–271 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00465544

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