Open AccessHearing Loss Secondary to Systemic Sclerosis Vasculopathy: Case Study with a Short Review
Author(s) -
Carmen Bobeică,
Eleiculeț,
Mihaela Crăescu,
Elena-Laura Parapiru,
Carmina Liana Mușat,
Ciprian Dinu,
Iulia Chiscop,
Luiza Nechita,
Victoriţa Ştefănescu,
Ioana Anca Ștefanopol,
Ana-Maria Pelin,
Alexandru Nechifor,
Gabriela Bălan,
Alin Laurențiu Tatu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 1178-7015
DOI - 10.2147/ccid.s356818
Subject(s) - medicine , hearing loss , tinnitus , fibrosis , multiple sclerosis , vertigo , vestibular system , pathology , disease , scleroderma (fungus) , audiology , immunology , surgery , inoculation
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a collagenosis with a substrate of chronic inflammation, which is determined by autoimmunity. The pathogenesis of this disease involves microvasculopathy (small vessel pathology) followed by excessive cutaneous and visceral fibrosis. Although acoustic and vestibular impairment is not classified as being a secondary pathology of SSc, several studies have identified cases of SSc that associate hearing loss and especially vertigo and tinnitus. This paper presents data from the medical literature that have identified vestibular and auditory symptoms among patients with SSc, associating the clinical case presentation of a patient suffering from SSc, which is associated with hearing loss. The need for additional studies on larger groups of patients is underlined, in order to clarify the impact of vasculopathy and fibrosis on the acoustic and vestibular analyzer in patients with SSc.