Sudden bilateral sensorineural hearing loss after intravenous cocaine injection: A case report and review of the literature

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2441-2443

  Stenner, Markus ^a   Stürmer, Konrad ^a   Beutner, Dirk ^a   Klussmann, Jens Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cocaine injection; Drug abuse; Sudden hearing loss

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISOLONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; AUDIOMETRY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUDDEN DEAFNESS;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; COCAINE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 73949122691     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20711     Document Type: Article

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