Clinical features of 168 patients with vertigo.
- Author:
Zhibin ZHAO
1
;
Zhonglin MU
;
Zheng FU
;
Juntao LIANG
;
Jie LIN
;
Yangfeng OU
;
Weijia KONG
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Hospital of Hainan, Haikou 570311, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Aged;
Electronystagmography;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Retrospective Studies;
Vertigo;
diagnosis;
etiology;
physiopathology;
Young Adult
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2010;24(19):880-882
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinical characteristics and common etiology of vertigo.
METHOD:The clinical data of 168 patients with vertigo in the department of otolaryngolology and neurology from December 2007 to March 2009 were retrospectively analyzed The patients were inquired and examined by pure tone average thresholds, videonystagmography, Dix-Hallpike test, cervical spine X-ray, skull CT and (or) MRI and transcranial Doppler.
RESULT:One hundred and thirty-four patients with vertigo were of peripheral origin, with 66 cases benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, 30 cases Meniere's disease, 24 cases sudden deafness, 5 cases vestibular neuritis, 5 cases otitis media ,2 cases ear herpes zosters and 2 cases ototoxicity. Among 26 patients with vertigo of central, 20 patients were vertebrobasilar TIA.
CONCLUSION:The most common etiology of the vestibular peripheral vertigo is the benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Detailed history and the features of vertigo, particular about the duration of vertigo and hearing change, may provide the important evidences for the accurate diagnosis and differential diagnosis of vertigo.
