Hydroxychloroquine ototoxicity in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

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Seckin U., Ozoran K., İKİNCİOĞULLARI K. A., Borman P., Bostan E.

RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, cilt.19, sa.5, ss.203-204, 2000 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 5
• Basım Tarihi: 2000
• Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s002960000054
• Dergi Adı: RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.203-204
• Anahtar Kelimeler: hydroxychloroquine, ototoxicity, MIDDLE-EAR FUNCTION, CHLOROQUINE
• Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We report a case of reversible sensineural hearing loss due to hydroxychloroquine (HQ) treatment. The patient was a 34-year-old woman with 1 year of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), She developed reversible hearing loss after 5 months of HQ treatment. Sensineural deafness has previously been reported with chloroquine treatment, but this is the first report of ototoxicity associated with HQ in RA.