Gabapentin responsive audiovestibular paroxysmia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 99-100

  Russell, Douglas ^a   Baloh, Robert W ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiovestibular paroxysmia; Disabling positional vertigo; Eighth cranial nerve; Gabapentin; Tinnitus; Vascular compression syndrome; Vertigo; Vestibular paroxysmia

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDIOVESTIBULAR PAROXYSMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORNING DOSAGE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

EID: 67349153339     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Jorns T.P., and Zakrzewska J.M. Evidenced-based approach to the medical management of trigeminal neuralgia. Br J Neurosurg 21 3 (Jun 2007) 253-261
2. Barker II F.G., Jannetta P.J., Bissonette D.J., Larkins M.V., and Jho H.D. The long-term outcome of microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia. N Engl J Med 334 17 (Apr 1996) 1125-1126
3. Tan N.C., Chan L.L., and Tan E.K. Hemifacial spasm and involuntary facial movements. QJM 95 8 (Aug 2002) 493-500
4. Bergsneider M., and Becker D.P. Vascular compression syndrome of the vestibular nerve: a critical analysis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 112 (1995) 118-124
5. Jannetta P.J., Møller M.B., and Møller A.R. Disabling positional vertigo. N Engl J Med 310 (1984) 1700-1705
6. Møller M.B., Møller A.R., Jannetta P.J., Jho H.D., and Sekhar L.N. Microvascular decompression of the eighth nerve in patients with disabling positional vertigo: selection criteria and operative results in 207 patients. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 125 (1993) 75-82
7. Brackmann D.E., Kesser B.W., and Day J.D. Microvascular decompression of the vestibulocochlear nerve for disabling positional vertigo: the House Ear Clinic experience. Otol Neurotol 22 (2001) 882-887
8. Moffat D.A., Durvasula V.S., Stevens King A., De R., and Hardy D.G. Outcome following retrosigmoid microvascular decompression of the facial nerve for hemifacial spasm. J Laryngol Otol 119 (2005) 779-783
9. Kakizawa Y., Seguchi T., Kodama K., Ogiwara T., Sasaki T., Goto T., et al. Anatomical study of the trigeminal and facial cranial nerves with the aid of 3.0-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging. J Neurosurg 108 3 (Mar 2008) 483-490
10. Brandt T., and Dieterich M. Vestibular paroxysmia: vascular compression of the eighth nerve?. Lancet 343 (1994) 798-799
11. Hüfner K., Barresi D., Glaser M., Linn J., Adrion C., Mansmann U., et al. Vestibular paroxysmia: diagnostic features and medical treatment. Neurology 71 (2008) 1006-1014
12. Møller M.B., and Møller A.R. Microvascular decompression operations. Prog Brain Res 166 (2007) 397-400
13. Guevara N., Deveze A., Buza V., Laffont B., and Magnan J. Microvascular decompression of cochlear nerve for tinnitus incapacity: pre-surgical data, surgical analyses and long-term follow-up of 15 patients. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 265 4 (Apr 2008) 397-401
14. Mardini M.K. Ear-clicking 'tinnitus' responding to carbamazepine. N Eng J Med 317 (1987) 1542
15. Levine A.L. Typewriter tinnitus: a carbamazepine-responsive syndrome related to auditory nerve vascular compression. ORL 68 (2006) 43-47
16. Isu T., Ito T., Murai H., and Yamamoto K. Paroxysmal tinnitus and nystagmus accompanied by facial spasm. Surg Neurol 23 (1985) 183-186
17. Daniele O., Caravaglios G., Marchini C., Mucchiut M., Capus L., and Natale E. Gabapentin in the treatment of hemifacial spasm. Acta Neurol Scand 104 (2001) 110-112