RHEUMATOID DISEASE WITH JOINT AND PULMONARY MANIFESTATIONS
RHEUMATOID DISEASE WITH JOINT AND PULMONARY MANIFESTATIONS
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DOI:
10.1136/bmj.2.4583.816
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发表时间:
1948-01-01
影响因子:
105.7
通讯作者:
BALL, RE
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作者:
ELLMAN, P;BALL, RE
Whether the recurrence of vertigo in this case was due to hypersensitivity to adrenaline or adrenaline-like bodies following excision of the ganglion (for the patient was hard at work again and under considerable mental strain), or whether some sympathetic fibres to the ear may also originate on the opposite side to a greater or lesser extent in individual cases, is not known, but the fact that there has been a marked improvement on the administration of ergotamine would suggest that the former view is the more likely of the two, in which case division of the pre-ganglionic fibres together with stripping and ligation or division of the vertebral artery would be the operation of choice. This has now been done in more recent cases with the same beneficial result on the vertigo, added to which it has the advantage of avoiding a Horner's syndrome. The result upon the tinnitus is apparently unpredictable, though on the whole it was reduced-in three cases it was completely relieved. The relief seems to be more pronounced with the pulsating type of tinnitus than with the continuous variety. Each patient suffered from concomitant nerve deafness, and in all except the last two most recent cases there has been improvement (in some ears very markedly) of hearing by both air and bone conduction. If the nerve deafness is very severe it is beyond relief.It is felt that further work along these lines will greatly aid in elucidating the aetiology and pathology of this distressing complaint and its accompanying tinnitus and nerve deafness. It is interesting to record that a further series of stellectomies has been performed for tinnitus alone (to be published later), but we forbearto make further comment on the role of the sympathetic on tinnitus at this stage. In the meantime a new surgical method of treating M6nibre's syndrome, having tremendous advantages over the old surgical destruction of the internal ear, is at our disposal.