A Woman with Sudden Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss after Treatment Psoriasis with Acitretin
Visan Mahasitthiwat, MD*
Affiliation : * Department of Ophthalmology and Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon-Nayok
A case of psoriasis presented with sudden simultaneous bilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss after taking oral acitretin. Audiogram showed bilateral symmetrical sensorineural hearing loss. Her symptom improved after a short course of prednisolone. It is suggested that acitretin may affect hearing acuity.
Keywords : Ototoxic drug, Sudden sensorineural hearing loss, Acitretin
