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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 325-327 |
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Case report on rare otologic sequelae of coronavirus disease-2019: Labyrinthine ossificans
Shikha Gianchand1, Mustajib Ali2, Himanshu Swami3
1 Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, 5 Air Force Hospital, Jorhat, Assam, India
2 Department of Radiodiagnosis, 5 Air Force Hospital, Jorhat, Assam, India
3 Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Centre – Army Hospital (Research and Referral), New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Shikha Gianchand
Department of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, 5 Air Force Hospital, Jorhat, Assam
India
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DOI: 10.4103/indianjotol.indianjotol_151_22
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Among multiple etiologies of hearing loss, viral infections often goes unnoticed due to flu like symptoms.Otologic dysfunctions have been reported with COVID – 19 infection as well. however, this case report is unique in terms of otologic dysfunction following the COVID illness. This case report is indicative of the intracochlear damage following COVID - 19 illness. So far, there is no reported case of LO following COVID -19 in the literature. This article brings out the first reported case of SNHL due to labyrithnine ossificans following covid-19 infection.
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