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- Title
Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection for Refractory Somatic Tinnitus.
- Authors
McCormick, Zachary L.; Walega, David R.
- Abstract
Somatic tinnitus is a common disorder, yet few treatments described in the literature have demonstrated strong efficacy. We report a case of a 61-year-old male with refractory somatic tinnitus, temporally related to a prior bacterial otitis media, wherein auditory symptoms were successfully treated with cervical epidural injections of long-acting corticosteroid. We discuss the proposed mechanism of somatic tinnitus and the means by which neuraxial steroids may inhibit somatic tinnitus symptoms.
- Subjects
TINNITUS treatment; CERVICAL vertebrae; STEROIDS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT effectiveness; EPIDURAL injections
- Publication
Pain Practice, 2015, Vol 15, Issue 2, pe28
- ISSN
1530-7085
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/papr.12255