A Case of Selective Inferior Vestibular Neuritis Showing Normal Caloric Test
- Author:
Eun Goo KANG
1
;
Kyu Rin HWANG
;
Jong Dae LEE
;
Ki Bum SUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Bucheon, Korea. ljdent@schbc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Vestibular neuronitis;
Vestibular function tests
- MeSH:
Brain;
Brain Stem;
Caloric Tests;
Hearing Loss;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Neuritis;
Vertigo;
Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials;
Vestibular Function Tests;
Vestibular Nerve;
Vestibular Neuronitis
- From:Journal of the Korean Balance Society
2009;8(1):45-48
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Vestibular neuritis is commonly diagnosed by demonstrating of peripheral vestibular failure as a unilateral loss of the caloric response. It is a sudden, spontaneous, unilateral loss of vestibular function without simultaneous hearing loss or brainstem signs. In most patients with vestibular neuritis, the process is thought to involve the superior vestibular nerve. Very rarely, vestibular neuritis involves only the inferior vestibular nerve. We experienced a 56-year-old male with inferior vestibular neuritis. The patient had vertigo and spontaneous nystagmus, but a normal caloric test. Brain magnetic resonance imaging was normal, while vestibular evoked myogenic potentials had absent amplitudes on the lesion side. The patient was thought to suffer from pure inferior nerve vestibular neuritis.
