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K A Abou-Elhmd

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PubMed1998

Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as mastoiditis.

Wegener's granulomatosis is an uncommon autoimmune disease. It has a peak incidence in the fifth decade of life, with a slight male predominance. Nasal problems are the predominant presentation, with rare otological manifestations. We report 2 cases of Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as mastoiditis in 2 young female patients. We conclude that young patients presenting with mastoiditis unresponsive to conventional medical and surgical therapy should be investigated for Wegener's granulomatosis.

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PubMed1996

Cochlear implantation in a case of Wegener's granulomatosis.

Cochlear implantation is now a routine clinical procedure for deaf patients in many countries (Gibson, 1987). It replaces the function of damaged cochlear hair cells and therefore, detects sound and by electrical stimulation produces an appropriate signal in the remaining cochlear nerve fibres (House and Berliner, 1991). Wegener's granulomatosis is an uncommon auto-immune disease. It has a peak incidence at the fifth decade with slight male predominance. Nasal problems are the predominant presentation with otological manifestations presenting rarely. We report a case of Wegener's granulomatosis presenting with total hearing loss and after right cochlear implantation a free field threshold of 40 dB and 20 per cent Bamford-Kowal-Bench (BKB) speech test. We conclude that Wegener's granulomatosis is not an absolute contraindication for cochlear implantation.

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