Sudden bilateral sensorineural hearing loss as an unusual consequence of accidental ingestion of potassium hydroxide

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 406-408

  Ciorba, A ^a   Bovo, R ^a   Castiglione, A ^a   Pirodda, A ^b   Martini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caustic ingestion; Potassium hydroxide; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID; SUCRALFATE; ANTIULCER AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXIDE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHARYNGITIS; VIDEOENDOSCOPY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; TOXICITY;

ADULT; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; HYDROXIDES; MALE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; SUCRALFATE;

EID: 77954797794     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000316382     Document Type: Article

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