Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo due to a simultaneous involvement of both horizontal and posterior semicircular canals |
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Authors: | Imai Takao Takeda Noriaki Ito Mahito Nakamae Koji Sakae Hideki Fujioka Hiromu Matsunaga Takashi Kubo Takeshi |
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Institution: | Department of Otolaryngology, Kansai-Rosai Hospital, Hyogo, and Department of Otolaryngology, Osaka Universityu Medical School, Japan. imaitakao@hotmail.com |
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Abstract: | From April 2001 to November 2003, we investigated 8 patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) that was suspected to simultaneously affect both the horizontal and posterior semicircular canals (HSCC and PSCC). These cases showed typical vertical-torsional nystagmus induced by the Dix-Hallpike maneuver, followed by a horizontal nystagmus. They also showed a direction-changing geotropic or apogeotropic positional nystagmus triggered by lateral head rotations in the supine position. Using the three-dimensional analysis of the positional nystagmus, the rotation axis of the positional nystagmus had a component perpendicular to the plane of PSCC and another component perpendicular to the plane of HSCC. All these findings suggest that BPPV in these patients was a combination of posterior and horizontal canal BPPV. The observation of a vertical-torsional positional nystagmus should prompt the specialist to perform not only the canalith repositioning procedure, but also to execute lateral head turns in the supine position. |
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