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Sequential Vestibular Neuritis: Report of Four Cases and Literature Review
Francesco Comacchio1, Marta Mion2, Enrico Armato3
1Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Neurosciences, Padova University, Padova, Italy.
Background And Objectives:
Bilateral sequential vestibular neuritis (BSVN) is a rare condition in which an inflammation or an ischemic damage of the vestibular nerve occurs bilaterally in a sequential pattern. We described four cases of BSVN.
Subjects And Methods:
Every patient underwent video-head impulse test during the first and the second episode of vestibular neuritis (VN), furthermore they have been studied with radiological imaging.
Results:
Contralateral VN occurred after a variable period from prior event. Vestibular function recovered from the first episode in one case. The other three patients developed contralateral VN. One case was due to a bilateral VN in association with a Ramsay-Hunt syndrome, in another patient clinical records strongly suggested an ischemic etiology, whereas in two cases aetiology remained uncertain. Two patients subsequently developed a benign paroxysmal positional vertigo involving the posterior canal on the side of the latest VN (Lindsay-Hemenway syndrome).
Conclusions:
Instrumental vestibular assessment represents a pivotal tool to confirm the diagnosis of VN and BSVN.
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