Prevalence of sensorineural hearing loss in patients with head and neck malignancy who underwent chemotherapy and or radiotherapy

Background: Our study aimed to focus on the importance of the rate at which the sensory neural hearing loss (SNHL) is caused by chemotherapy (CT) and or radiotherapy (RT). This study also tells about the importance of informing the patient and the caretakers prior to the start of treatment for carcinoma, so that they can be prepared for it if it happens. Methods: Total 75 patients who were diagnosed to have any form of head and neck malignancy formed the study group. Pure tone audiometry was recorded pre-treatment, one month after treatment and six months after treatment. All the data obtained were bio statistically analysed by running in SPSS software version 26. Results: There is a correlation between CT, RT and concurrent chemo radiotherapy (CRT) and SNHL. It is also found that most of the patients who have undergone CRT suffered SNHL in the long run. Conclusions: It is high time the patients are made aware of the side effects like SNHL before the start of the proposed treatment. This will allow them to be prepared and then face it.

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Evaluating the Association Between Pre- and Postradiation Therapy Otitis Media With Effusion and the Incidence of Sensory-Neural Hearing Loss in Head-and-Neck Cancer Patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics ◽

10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.1374 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 84 (3) ◽

pp. S515-S516

Author(s):

N. Bhandare ◽

V. Moisseenko ◽

W.Y. Song ◽

C.G. Morris ◽

P. Antonelli ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

Head And Neck Cancer ◽

Head And Neck ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Otitis Media ◽

Neck Cancer ◽

Otitis Media With Effusion ◽

Sensory Neural ◽

Sensory Neural Hearing Loss

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Study of Association of Sensory Neural Hearing Loss with Iron Deficiency Anaemia

Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery ◽

10.1007/s12070-021-02619-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Akash Grampurohit ◽

S. Sandeep ◽

P. Ashok ◽

C. Shilpa ◽

Thanzeemunissa

Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

Iron Deficiency ◽

Iron Deficiency Anaemia ◽

Deficiency Anaemia ◽

Sensory Neural ◽

Sensory Neural Hearing Loss

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Neutrophilic Dermatosis of Hands as Oncological Finding: Importance of Follow-Up

ORL ◽

10.1159/000513630 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-3

Author(s):

Jérôme R. Lechien ◽

Daphné Delplace ◽

Mohamad Khalife ◽

Sven Saussez

Keyword(s):

Head And Neck Cancer ◽

Head And Neck ◽

Neck Cancer ◽

Paraneoplastic Syndrome ◽

Tobacco Consumption ◽

Neutrophilic Dermatosis ◽

Pharyngeal Cancer ◽

Head And Neck Malignancy ◽

Neck Malignancy

Neutrophilic febrile dermatosis (NFD) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome that may be found in patients with head and neck cancer. NFD may appear before the neoplasia and may only concern the dorsal faces of the hands. This article reports the NFD findings of a patient with pharyngeal cancer, which was developed 2 years after the occurrence of NFD. The development of NFD in patient with alcohol and tobacco consumption should lead otolaryngologists and dermatologists to suspect head and neck malignancy. In cases of normal otolaryngological examination, patients have to be followed.

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