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Science articlesA method of diagnostics of superior semicircular canal damage in clinical practice
V. I. Babiyak (1), V. A. Voronov (1), D. Yu. Demidenko (1), S. V. Levin (2), E. A. Levina (2), E. A. Moiseeva (1), Yu. A. Rudneva (1)
(1) Federal State Budgetary Institution Higher Education “North-Western State Medical University named after I. I. Mechnikov” of Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg, Russia
(2) Federal State Budgetary Institution “Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech” Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2018-4-9-13
ABSTRACT
Vertigo is a common complaint of patients visiting both otorhinolaryngologist and other doctors. The most common cause of vertigo is the benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. We have suggested a method for diagnostics of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo caused by the damage of superior semicircular canal, by means of a special positional maneuver. This test is more specific for diagnostics of the superior semicircular canal damage and has less pronounced vegetative symptoms in comparison with the Dix-Hallpike test. The article presents a case history.
Publication date:
06.08.2018
Keywords:
vertigo, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, superior semicircular canal, diagnostics of superior semicircular canal damage. For citation:
Babiyak V. I., Voronov V. A., Demidenko D. Yu., Levin S. V., Levina E. A., Moiseeva E. A., Rudneva Yu. A. A method of diagnostics of superior semicircular canal damage in clinical practice. Rossiiskaya otorinolaringologiya. 2018;4:9–13. https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2018-4-9-13