Vol.96 No.6 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 96 No.6 June 2003
A Case Report of Unilateral Deafness
due to Mumps Reinfection
Takako Oya
(Hiroshima Mitsubishi Hospital)
Natural mumps virus infection is believed to induce lifelong immunity and rarely cause unilateral severe sensorineural hearing loss with sudden onset. Unilateral deafness due to mumps virus reinfection had rarely been reported in the Japanese literature. I present a case of unilateral deafness due to mumps virus reinfection.
Key words : unilateral deafness, mumps, reinfection