[Sudden bilateral deafness of luetic origin in an HIV-positive patient]

Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 1993 Jul-Aug;44(4):315-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We present the clinical record of a positive HIV woman that presented with bilateral sudden hearing loss as a sign of neurosyphilis. We discuss the epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic implications of positive HIV in syphilis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Audiometry
  • Blood Chemical Analysis
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Brain Diseases / complications
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis
  • Brain Diseases / physiopathology
  • Deafness / diagnosis*
  • Deafness / etiology
  • Deafness / physiopathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • HIV Seropositivity / blood
  • HIV Seropositivity / complications*
  • Humans
  • Syphilis / complications
  • Syphilis / diagnosis
  • Syphilis / physiopathology*