Otosyphilis: A rare cause of acute bilateral sensorineural hearing loss in a HIV-negative patient
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2022Author
Sothmann, Johan
Adam, Shaun
van Rensburg, Leon Janse
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Bilateral acute hearing loss is rare, and the aetiology is poorly defined. Less common treatable
pathologies such as otosyphilis must be part of the differential diagnosis and should be actively
excluded. We present a case of a 23-year-old woman who developed acute bilateral hearing
loss due to otosyphilis, confirmed on audiometry and laboratory tests. In this article, the CT,
MRI and clinical findings are presented and discussed.