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Revista ORL
On-line version ISSN 2444-7986
Abstract
FERNANDEZ-BARDON, Irene et al. Benign paroxystic positional vértigo and Ménière's disease: a retrospective análisis. Rev. ORL [online]. 2023, vol.14, n.2, e30969. Epub Mar 04, 2024. ISSN 2444-7986. https://dx.doi.org/10.14201/orl.30969.
Introduction and objective:
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is more frequent within the subgroup of patients with Menière's Disease (MD). The present study aims to describe the clinical characteristics of both BPPV and MD, when they are associated.
Method:
We carried out a retrospective analysis of 22 patients with MD diagnosed with BPPV between 1999 and 2021 at the University Assistance Complex of Salamanca. Clinical variables were collected, both from the characteristics of BPPV and MD.
Results:
In our database, 66.66% of the 22 patients were women with a mean age of 59.33 years. The most frequently affected semicircular canal was the posterior right. Regarding BPPV, 19% are multichannel BPPV, in almost half (47.62%) more than three maneuvers had to be performed to solve it and it took more than a month to resolve it in more than half (57.14%). On the other hand, MD was bilateral in 19% of patients, with a time since diagnosis of more than three years in 71.42%. A third of the patients had presented more than 10 crises in the last six months, and fluctuation in hearing. Based on these results, it appears that patients with advanced MD are more likely to have BPPV and have a worse treatment outcome.
Conclusion:
The joint appearance of BPPV and MD could affect the prognosis of both pathologies separately.
Keywords : Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo; Ménière's disease.