Unidentified Bright Objects on Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Affect Vestibular Neuritis
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
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: 364-369, 2015.
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| ID: wpr-87806
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in clinical manifestations of in two groups of vestibular neuritis (VN) patients with or without unidentified bright objects (UBOs).METHODS:
A prospective, observational study with 46 patients diagnosed with VN between May 2013 and November 2013 was executed. A caloric test, a cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMPs) test, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), spontaneous nystagmus test, head impulse test, and head-shaking nystagmus test were performed.RESULTS:
Of the patients, 56.5% (n=26) were classified as UBO-positive by MRI. These showed lower caloric weakness and more prominent cVEMP asymmetry compared with the UBO-negative group (P0.05).CONCLUSION:
UBOs on T2-weighted or fluid attenuated inversion recovery MRI may affect the patterns of the vestibular nerve in patients with VN.
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Main subject:
Prognosis
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Vestibular Nerve
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Brain
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Caloric Tests
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Prospective Studies
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Vestibular Neuronitis
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Head Impulse Test
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Observational Study
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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