Dermatomyositis, polymyositis and the inner ear

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In Taiwan, an analysis of reimbursement data for 1,622 patients suffering from polymyositis or dermatomyositis and 8,109 people free of these diseases showed :

  • a significant difference in the prevalence of tinnitus (16.1% versus 12.7%) and sensorineural hearing loss (9.2% versus 6.8%) in the myositis group,
  • there was also a significant difference in the prevalence of vertigo (14.4% vs. 11.1%), but an analysis by pathology showed that this higher frequency only applied to polymyositis.

The potentially autoimmune origin of these ENT disorders remains to be demonstrated.

 

Prevalence of hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo and sudden deafness among patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis. Hung SH, Xirasagar S, Dang LH et al. Sci Rep. 2024 Mar 9;14(1):5774.

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