Audio-vestibular Abnormalities in Patients With Vitiligo: A Prospective Case-control Study. 2021

Reham Mamdouh Lasheen, and Mohamed Nasser Elsheikh, and Mohamed M Fawzy, and Mohamed Osama Tomoum
Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.

Vitiligo is a disease that is characterized by a deficit of functional melanocytes all over the body including the inner ear. To study the effect of the reduction of melanocytes on the audio-vestibular system in patients with vitiligo. Our study included 35 patients with vitiligo (study group) and 35 healthy volunteers (control group). Audiological and vestibular function assessments were performed in all the participants and the results were compared between the two groups. We assessed the auditory function utilizing pure-tone audiometry and the auditory brainstem response, while vestibular function was assessed by the Dizziness Handicap Inventory, the cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP), and videonystagmography. Twelve patients with vitiligo showed impairment of the hearing especially in high frequencies in comparison with the control group. Auditory brainstem response wave III and I-III inter-peak latencies were significantly prolonged in the study group relative to the control subjects. On cVEMP testing, waves P13 and N23 were significantly delayed in the study group and the caloric test results showed that five vitiligo patients had unilateral weakness and three patients had bilateral weakness. Vitiligo is a systemic disease that can influence the audio-vestibular system. Screening tests for early detection of audio-vestibular changes in patients with vitiligo are important, as they are more susceptible to oxidative damage of ototoxic medications, noise exposure, and age-related hearing loss.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001301 Audiometry, Pure-Tone Measurement of hearing based on the use of pure tones of various frequencies and intensities as auditory stimuli. Audiometry, Bekesy,Audiometry, Pure Tone,Bekesy Audiometry,Pure-Tone Audiometry
D014820 Vitiligo A disorder consisting of areas of macular depigmentation, commonly on extensor aspects of extremities, on the face or neck, and in skin folds. Age of onset is often in young adulthood and the condition tends to progress gradually with lesions enlarging and extending until a quiescent state is reached.
D015837 Vestibular Diseases Pathological processes of the VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH which contains part of the balancing apparatus. Patients with vestibular diseases show instability and are at risk of frequent falls. Disease, Vestibular,Diseases, Vestibular,Vestibular Disease
D016022 Case-Control Studies Comparisons that start with the identification of persons with the disease or outcome of interest and a control (comparison, referent) group without the disease or outcome of interest. The relationship of an attribute is examined by comparing both groups with regard to the frequency or levels of outcome over time. Case-Base Studies,Case-Comparison Studies,Case-Referent Studies,Matched Case-Control Studies,Nested Case-Control Studies,Case Control Studies,Case-Compeer Studies,Case-Referrent Studies,Case Base Studies,Case Comparison Studies,Case Control Study,Case Referent Studies,Case Referrent Studies,Case-Comparison Study,Case-Control Studies, Matched,Case-Control Studies, Nested,Case-Control Study,Case-Control Study, Matched,Case-Control Study, Nested,Case-Referent Study,Case-Referrent Study,Matched Case Control Studies,Matched Case-Control Study,Nested Case Control Studies,Nested Case-Control Study,Studies, Case Control,Studies, Case-Base,Studies, Case-Comparison,Studies, Case-Compeer,Studies, Case-Control,Studies, Case-Referent,Studies, Case-Referrent,Studies, Matched Case-Control,Studies, Nested Case-Control,Study, Case Control,Study, Case-Comparison,Study, Case-Control,Study, Case-Referent,Study, Case-Referrent,Study, Matched Case-Control,Study, Nested Case-Control
D058585 Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials Recorded electrical responses from muscles, especially the neck muscles or muscles around the eyes, following stimulation of the EAR VESTIBULE. Cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential,Evoked Neurogenic Vestibular Potential,Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential,Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential,Vestibular Evoked Neurogenic Potential,Cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials,Evoked Neurogenic Vestibular Potentials,Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials,Vestibular Evoked Neurogenic Potentials

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