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Auditory and Vestibular Findings in Patients with Vitiligo: A Case – Control Study

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Otorhinolaryngology

Abstract

Background: Melanocytes disappearing from the skin as a result of a mechanism that is still unknown is the defining feature of vitiligo. Because vitiligo targets melanocytes throughout the body, not only those in the skin, the existence of melanocytes in the auditory and vestibular systems raises the possibility that these systems to be affected. There are some discrepancies in the research regarding how vitiligo affects hearing and vestibular systems. Accordingly, this study was conducted to evaluate audiological and vestibular involvement in vitiligo patients. Subjects and methods: A case-control study with 19 vitiligo patients and 19 healthy controls was conducted. Basic audiological and vestibular examination were performed on all patients and healthy controls including videonystagmography (VNG), cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP), and ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (oVEMP). Results: There was a statistically significant difference were found in pure tone audiogram thresholds at 2,4, 8 KHz frequencies, caloric test, cVEMP and oVEMP parameters, between the vitiligo and the control groups. Conclusion: The study concluded that 78.9% of individuals with vitiligo experienced peripheral and/or central vestibular abnormalities, along with/without auditory impairment.

DOI

10.21608/zumj.2023.189481.2732

Keywords

vestibular, Auditory, Vitiligo

Authors

First Name

Asma

Last Name

Hamad Salih

MiddleName

Saad

Affiliation

Audio-Vestibular Medical Unit, ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt

Email

asmahammad2012@gmail.com

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First Name

Ebtesam

Last Name

Nada

MiddleName

Hamed

Affiliation

Audio-Vestibular Medical Unit, ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt

Email

e_hossam1999@yahoo.com

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First Name

Al shimaa

Last Name

Ibrahim

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Affiliation

Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine – Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt

Email

aasser2013@gmail.com

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First Name

Nadia

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Elnabtity

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Audio-Vestibular Medical Unit, ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt

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nadiaelnabtity@gmail.com

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30

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1

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44990

Issue Date

2024-01-01

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2023-01-24

Publish Date

2024-01-01

Page Start

271

Page End

278

Print ISSN

1110-1431

Online ISSN

2357-0717

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https://zumj.journals.ekb.eg/article_284131.html

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273

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Zagazig University Medical Journal

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https://zumj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Auditory and Vestibular Findings in Patients with Vitiligo: A Case – Control Study

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30 Dec 2024