Intractable benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo: Long-term follow-up and inner ear abnormality detected by three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-255

  Horii, Arata ^a,b   Kitahara, Tadashi ^b   Osaki, Yasuhiro ^b   Imai, Takao ^b   Fukuda, Kazuyasu ^b   Sakagami, Masafumi ^c   Inohara, Hidenori ^b  

^a Suita Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apogeotropic nystagmus; Benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo; Geotropic nystagmus; Inner ear; Intractability; Magnetic resonance imaging; Posterior canal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INNER EAR; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VERTIGO;

EAR, INNER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONG-TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VERTIGO;

EID: 77649151176     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181cabd77     Document Type: Article

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