Effective diagnostics for vertigo, dizziness and equilibrium disorders

Vertigo, dizziness and equilibrium disorders are symptoms with a variety of causes. First, four cardinal questions (type and duration of the vertigo, triggering factors, accompanying symptoms) must be answered. After that, the search for a spontaneous nystagmus (differentiation of peripheral and central disorder using the HINTS[head impulse, nystagmus, test of skew]-test ) and, as part of a positioning examination, the search for a benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) are necessary. If the result is negative an instrument-based receptor-specific examination is carried out. The caloric examination (low-frequency stimulus) tests the horizontal semicircular canal and the superior vestibular nerve, whereas the 3‑D video head impulse test (vHIT, high-frequency stimulus) is used to analyze all three semicircular canals as well as the superior and inferior vestibular nerves. Analysis of the cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP) checks the function of the sacculus and that of the ocular VEMP (oVEMP) checks the function of the utriculus. The final overall analysis usually gives a definitive diagnosis or at least provides a suspected diagnosis, which then determines the further diagnostic procedure (e.g. targeted radiological diagnostics if vestibular paroxysmia, superior canal dehiscence or a vestibular schwannoma are suspected).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

HNO - 68(2020), 9 vom: 13. Sept., Seite 703-716

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Effektive Diagnostik bei Schwindel und Gleichgewichtsstörungen

Beteiligte Personen:

Schmäl, F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CVEMP
Journal Article
Nystagmus
OVEMP
Positional vertigo
Video head impulse test

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.09.2020

Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00106-020-00910-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313644179