BENIGN POSITIONAL VERTIGO - CLINICAL AND OCULOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN 240 CASES
BENIGN POSITIONAL VERTIGO - CLINICAL AND OCULOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN 240 CASES
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DOI:
10.1212/wnl.37.3.371
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发表时间:
1987-03-01
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影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
JACOBSON, K
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作者:
BALOH, RW;HONRUBIA, V;JACOBSON, K
We report the clinical and oculographic features in 240 patients with benign positional vertigo (BPV). In each case, after a rapid position change from the sitting to head-hanging position, a stereotyped torsional paroxysmal positional nystagmus was visually observed and recorded with electronystagmography (ENG). The mean age of onset was 54 years, with a range of 11 to 84 years. In slightly more than one-half of the cases (122/240) a likely diagnosis was determined. The most common identifiable causes were head trauma (17%) and viral neurolabyrinthitis (15%). Females outnumbered males approximately two to one in the idiopathic group. Abnormalities on bithermal caloric testing were found in 47% of patients. Only two patients, both with well-documented neurologic disorders, had central signs on ENG. Our data are consistent with a peripheral, posterior semicircular canal origin of BPV.