Increased mean platelet volume in patients with idiopathic subjective tinnitus

Tinnitus is the perception of sound with no external stimulus and idiopathic subjective tinnitus is the most common type in adults. Mean platelet volume (MPV) alterations were shown in some inflammatory diseases and were evaluated as a clinically useful marker. Our aim was to investigate MPV alterat...

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Published in:European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology 2016-11, Vol.273 (11), p.3533-3536
Main Authors: Sarıkaya, Yasin, Bayraktar, Cem, Karataş, Mehmet, Doğan, Sedat, Olt, Serdar, Kaskalan, Emin, Türkbeyler, İbrahim Halil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Biomarkers - blood
Blood Cell Count
Case-Control Studies
Chi-Square Distribution
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Head and Neck Surgery
Humans
Male
Mean Platelet Volume
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Neurosurgery
Otology
Otorhinolaryngology
Platelet Count
Prospective Studies
Tinnitus - blood
Tinnitus - diagnosis
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Summary:Tinnitus is the perception of sound with no external stimulus and idiopathic subjective tinnitus is the most common type in adults. Mean platelet volume (MPV) alterations were shown in some inflammatory diseases and were evaluated as a clinically useful marker. Our aim was to investigate MPV alterations in idiopathic subjective tinnitus patients. A total of 101 patients and 54 age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects were enrolled in the study. Patients included in the study had complaints of tinnitus for at least 3 months. All patients underwent detailed otolaryngologic examination, blood sampling, pure tone audiometry, magnetic resonance imaging of ear, and vertebrobasilar artery Doppler ultrasonography to make the differential diagnosis of tinnitus. Blood sampling consisted of renal–liver–thyroid function tests, lipid profile, and complete blood count. All tests and examinations except the imaging modalities were also performed for the control group. There were no differences in age and sex distribution of groups. Mean platelet volume values were significantly increased in tinnitus patients when compared with controls ( p  = 0.001). We think that MPV can be qualified as a useful marker in tinnitus patients.
ISSN:0937-4477
1434-4726
DOI:10.1007/s00405-016-3942-4