1994 年 37 巻 2 号 p. 192-197
A 51-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus suffered from bilateral intermittent sensorineural hearing loss at an interval of about two years. Treatment with systemic administration of alprostadil (prostaglandin E1) mecobalamine and ATP improved the bilateral intermittent hearing loss. Recent clinical reports suggested a possible association between sensorineural hearing loss and systemic lupus erythematosus. It was considered that bilateral intermittent sensorineural hearing loss in our case was caused by silght angitis of the inner ear during the course of systemic lupus erythmatosus. We reviewed literature for sensorineural hearing loss caused by systemic lupus erythematosus and disscussed from the viewpoint of the treatment.