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Diagnosis and treatment of the short-arm type posterior semicircular canal BPPV [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022
Introduction: The Epley maneuver is useful for the otoconia to return from the long arm of the posterior semicircular canal into the utricle. To move otoconia out of the posterior semicircular canal short arm and into the utricle, we need different ...
Lin Ping, Zhou Yi-fei, Wu Shu-zhi, Zheng Yan-yan, Yang Xiao-kai   +4 more
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“Sitting-up vertigo as an expression of posterior semicircular canal heavy cupula and posterior semicircular canal short arm canalolithiasis” [PDF]

Journal of Otology, 2022
Background: Vestibular symptoms on sitting-up are frequent on patients seen by vestibular specialists. Recently, a benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) variant which elicits vestibular symptoms with oculomotor evidence of posterior semicircular ...
Darío H. Scocco, María A. Barreiro, Iván E. García   +2 more
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Posterior Semicircular Canal Plugging Relieves Tumarkin’s Crisis in Ménière’s Disease Patients [PDF]

Audiology Research
(1) Background: Patients affected by Ménière’s disease can experience Tumarkin’s syndrome, which is characterized by postural instability, gait abnormalities, and, occasionally, an abrupt loss of balance known as vestibular drop attack or Tumarkin’s ...
Francesco Comacchio, Anna Bordin, Valerio Maria Di Pasquale Fiasca, Barbara Bellemo, Paola Magnavita, Elena Fasanaro, Elisabetta Poletto   +6 more
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Preferential Impairment of the Contralesional Posterior Semicircular Canal in Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia [PDF]

Frontiers in Neurology, 2017
BackgroundThe vertical vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) may be impaired in internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) as the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) conveys VOR-signals from the vertical semicircular canals.
Seung-Han Lee, Seung-Han Lee, Sang-Hoon Kim, Sung-Sik Kim, Kyung Wook Kang, Alexander Andrea Tarnutzer   +5 more
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Posterior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence with Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Reduction for the Affected Canal at the Video-Head Impulse Test: Considerations to Pathomechanisms [PDF]

Audiology Research
Posterior semicircular canal dehiscence (PSCD) has been demonstrated to result in a third mobile window mechanism (TMWM) in the inner ear similar to superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD).
Andrea Castellucci, Georges Dumas, Sawsan M. Abuzaid, Enrico Armato, Salvatore Martellucci, Pasquale Malara, Mohamad Alfarghal, Rosanna Rita Ruberto, Pasquale Brizzi, Angelo Ghidini, Francesco Comacchio, Sébastien Schmerber   +11 more
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Clinical features of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the posterior semicircular canal [PDF]

SAGE Open Medicine, 2019
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between age, gender and affected ear, in patients presenting benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Methods: This was a retrospective study.
Andrea Ciorba, Cristina Cogliandolo, Chiara Bianchini, Claudia Aimoni, Stefano Pelucchi, Piotr Henryk Skarżyński, Stavros Hatzopoulos   +6 more
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Congruous Torsional Down Beating Nystagmus in the Third Position of the Semont's Maneuver in Patients Treated for Canalithiasis of Posterior Semicircular Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: Its Significance and Prognostic Value [PDF]

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Due to its mechanical pathogenesis, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo treatment is mainly physical: when posterior semicircular canal is involved, Semont's maneuver is reported as one of the most effective liberating procedures.
Beatrice Giannoni, Beatrice Giannoni, Vincenzo Marcelli, Ilaria Verdolin, Curzio Checcucci, Federica Pollastri, Rudi Pecci   +6 more
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Atypical posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo mimicking anterior canal involvement: a case series and review of the literature [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo most commonly affects the posterior semicircular canal, producing upbeat–torsional nystagmus during positional testing.
Rinor Ajeti, Afrim Ajeti
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Behavior of the posterior semicircular canal after Dix-Hallpike maneuver [PDF]

Audiology Research, 2016
The objective of the present study is to analyze the quantitative vestibulo-ocular responses in a group of patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) canalolithiasis and compare these data with the data of the tridimensional biomechanical ...
Francisco Carlos Zuma e Maia, Pedro Luiz Mangabeira Albernaz, Renato Valério Cal   +2 more
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Hearing Preservation After Segmental Semicircular Canal Destruction: A Report of Two Rare Cases [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
Semicircular canal fistulas are a complication of cholesteatomatous otitis media. In extremely rare cases, extensive destruction of the bony labyrinth may result in loss of approximately one‐third of the semicircular canal arc, often with wide exposure ...
Toru Miwa, Hideaki Ogita, Keishi Ueda, Akihito Tarui, Yasunori Asai, Taro Fujikawa, Nobuhiro Hakuba   +6 more
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