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Can unilateral, progressive or sudden hearing loss be immune-mediated in origin? 2017

Francesca Atturo, and Roberta Colangeli, and Giorgio Bandiera, and Maurizio Barbara, and Simonetta Monini
a ENT Unit, NESMOS Department, Medicine and Psychology , Sapienza University , Rome , Italy.

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to demonstrate that the positivity of nonspecific immunological tests could be found not only in bilateral hearing loss but also in unilateral cases, either sudden or progressive. METHODS An observational case series study included subjects suffering from unilateral or bilateral, sudden or progressive, symmetric or asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). All the patients underwent pure tone audiometry and the following battery of blood exams: anti-nuclear antibody (ANA), extractable nuclear antigen (ENA) antibody screening, anti-thyroperoxidase (anti-TPO), anti-thyroglobulin and anti-smooth muscle antibody (ASMA). RESULTS The positivity to nonspecific immunological test was found in nearly 70% of the study groups. ASMA and ANA were found to be present in both bilateral and unilateral cases, without statistical difference. Considering the correlation between positivity/negativity and systemic autoimmune pathologies, in the bilateral forms of hearing loss, a high incidence of thyroid pathologies has been identified, with a higher percentage of systemic autoimmune diseases in respect to the normal population. CONCLUSIONS The nonspecific autoimmune tests are worth to be performed also when SNHL is not bilateral and progressive, since an immunological mechanism could also underlie unilateral and sudden SNHL cases.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007453 Iodide Peroxidase A hemeprotein that catalyzes the oxidation of the iodide radical to iodine with the subsequent iodination of many organic compounds, particularly proteins. EC 1.11.1.8. Iodinase,Iodothyronine 5'-Deiodinase,Iodothyronine Deiodinase,Iodotyrosine Deiodase,Thyroid Peroxidase,Thyroxine 5'-Deiodinase,Thyroxine 5'-Monodeiodinase,5'-Deiodinase,Deiodinase,Iodotyrosine Deiodinase,Monodeiodinase,Reverse Triiodothyronine 5'-Deiodinase,T4-5'-Deiodinase,T4-Monodeiodinase,Tetraiodothyronine 5'-Deiodinase,Thyroxine Converting Enzyme,Triiodothyronine Deiodinase,5' Deiodinase,5'-Deiodinase, Iodothyronine,5'-Deiodinase, Reverse Triiodothyronine,5'-Deiodinase, Tetraiodothyronine,5'-Deiodinase, Thyroxine,5'-Monodeiodinase, Thyroxine,Deiodase, Iodotyrosine,Deiodinase, Iodothyronine,Deiodinase, Iodotyrosine,Deiodinase, Triiodothyronine,Enzyme, Thyroxine Converting,Iodothyronine 5' Deiodinase,Peroxidase, Iodide,Peroxidase, Thyroid,Reverse Triiodothyronine 5' Deiodinase,T4 5' Deiodinase,T4 Monodeiodinase,Tetraiodothyronine 5' Deiodinase,Thyroxine 5' Deiodinase,Thyroxine 5' Monodeiodinase,Triiodothyronine 5'-Deiodinase, Reverse
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009130 Muscle, Smooth Unstriated and unstriped muscle, one of the muscles of the internal organs, blood vessels, hair follicles, etc. Contractile elements are elongated, usually spindle-shaped cells with centrally located nuclei. Smooth muscle fibers are bound together into sheets or bundles by reticular fibers and frequently elastic nets are also abundant. (From Stedman, 25th ed) Muscle, Involuntary,Smooth Muscle,Involuntary Muscle,Involuntary Muscles,Muscles, Involuntary,Muscles, Smooth,Smooth Muscles
D003639 Hearing Loss, Sudden Sensorineural hearing loss which develops suddenly over a period of hours or a few days. It varies in severity from mild to total deafness. Sudden deafness can be due to head trauma, vascular diseases, infections, or can appear without obvious cause or warning. Deafness, Sudden,Sudden Deafness,Sudden Hearing Loss
D005260 Female Females
D006319 Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Hearing loss resulting from damage to the COCHLEA and the sensorineural elements which lie internally beyond the oval and round windows. These elements include the AUDITORY NERVE and its connections in the BRAINSTEM. Deafness Neurosensory,Deafness, Neurosensory,Deafness, Sensoryneural,Neurosensory Deafness,Sensorineural Hearing Loss,Sensoryneural Deafness,Cochlear Hearing Loss,Hearing Loss, Cochlear,Deafnesses, Neurosensory,Deafnesses, Sensoryneural,Neurosensory Deafnesses,Sensoryneural Deafness,Sensoryneural Deafnesses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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