Cupulolithiasis of the posterior semicircular canal - PubMed (original) (raw)
Comparative Study
. 2013 Sep-Oct;34(5):458-63.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2013.04.001. Epub 2013 May 7.
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2013.04.001
Comparative Study
Cupulolithiasis of the posterior semicircular canal
Hiroaki Ichijo. Am J Otolaryngol. 2013 Sep-Oct.
Abstract
Background: We sometimes experience patients with persistent torsional/vertical (upbeating) positional nystagmus in the head-hanging position. We have been convinced of the existence of cupulolithiasis of the posterior semicircular canal because such cases reveal persistent torsional/vertical (downbeating) positional nystagmus in the nose-down position.
Purpose: In order to confirm the validity of Ewald's third law, we quantified the difference between positional nystagmus in the head-hanging position and that in the nose-down position.
Methods: The subjects were 10 patients with posterior cupulolithiasis, 9 female and 1 male, with a mean age of 58.9years. Nystagmus was recorded using an infrared camera and the findings were converted to digital data. Using ImageJ, we performed three-dimensional video-oculography and measured the maximum slow-phase velocity (MSV) of three components.
Results: In the horizontal component, the mean value of MSV in the head-hanging position was 3°/s, and that in the nose-down position was 2.7°/s. There was no significant difference between the two positions. In the vertical component, the mean value of MSV in the head-hanging position was 4.3°/s, and that in the nose-down position was 6°/s. There was no significant difference between the two positions. In the torsional component, the mean value of MSV in the head-hanging position was 4.4°/s, and that in the nose-down position was 1.4°/s. The former was significantly greater than the latter (p<0.01).
Conclusions: Although we could not confirm the validity of Ewald's third law, the torsional component in the head-hanging position was significantly greater than that in the nose-down position.
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