Abstract | CONCLUSION: OBJECTIVE: Physicians sometimes encounter patients with previously diagnosed Meniere's disease who develop BPPV attacks during the course of clinical follow-up. In this study, we explored the frequency with which BPPV was involved in all vertiginous episodes among patients with Meniere's disease. METHODS: This retrospective study involved 296 patients with Meniere's disease who visited Kyoto University Hospital. The diagnosis of Meniere's disease was based on the guidelines for the diagnosis of Meniere's disease proposed by the Committee on Hearing and Equilibrium. We judged the cause of vertigo as one of the following five types: (1) definite Meniere's disease attack, (2) suspicious Meniere's disease attack, (3) definite BPPV attack, (4) suspicious BPPV attack, or (5) unknown. RESULTS: In all, 96 patients (32.8%) developed BPPV-like attacks, and 187 vertiginous episodes (37.9%) were caused by BPPV. The lateral semicircular canal was the most frequently involved canal.
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Authors | Akiko Taura, Kazuo Funabiki, Hideaki Ohgita, Eriko Ogino, Hiroko Torii, Mami Matsunaga, Juichi Ito |
Journal | Acta oto-laryngologica
(Acta Otolaryngol)
Vol. 134
Issue 11
Pg. 1140-5
(Nov 2014)
ISSN: 1651-2251 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 25166020
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
(complications, epidemiology)
- Female
- Humans
- Japan
- Male
- Meniere Disease
(complications, epidemiology)
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
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