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83rd Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

16.05. - 20.05.2012, Mainz

Anterior semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

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  • corresponding author Anna Yakinthou - Praxis, Thessaloniki, Griechenland
  • Ioannis Megas - Praxis, Thessaloniki, Griechenland
  • Anastasios Karamanos - Praxis, Thessaloniki, Griechenland

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. 83. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. Mainz, 16.-20.05.2012. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2012. Doc12hnod574

doi: 10.3205/12hnod574, urn:nbn:de:0183-12hnod5743

Published: April 4, 2012

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Anterior canal BPPV is said to be a rare case of BPPV. We tried to document the diagnosis and treatment of our patients in our Praxis.

5 patietns (2 men and 3 women) with symptoms of BPPV and positional downbeating nystagmus were included. The diagnosis was based on brief episodes of vertigo and the presence of positional downbeating nystagmus on the head hanging position (Yacovino et al, 2009). Patients were treated by particle repositioning maneuver. The treatment was repeated as needed.

Of the 5 patients 2 were treated after the first session, 1 after the second session and 2 after the third. On a 30-day follow up none had any symptoms or even nysagmus on positional testing.

In our Praxis we had good results in treating anterior canal BPPV with "deep head hanging maneuver" (Yacovino et al, 2009).