Furosemide-loading vestibular evoked myogenic potential testing can suggest developing bilateral involvement of unilateral Meniere's disease.
Acta Otolaryngol
; 132(6): 632-6, 2012 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
CONCLUSIONS:
Patients with positive results of furosemide-loading vestibular evoked myogenic potential (F-VEMP) testing in the unaffected ears of unilateral Meniere's disease have a high incidence of developing bilateral lesions.OBJECTIVE:
To clarify the meaning of positive results of F-VEMP testing of the unaffected ear of patients with unilateral Meniere's disease.METHODS:
Twenty-five patients with unilateral Meniere's disease were investigated in this study. The positive group consisted of 6 patients with positive results of F-VEMP testing in the contralateral ear and the negative group consisted of 19 patients with negative results. The incidence of contralateral involvement was compared in both groups by the Kaplan-Meier method.RESULTS:
Contralateral involvement was seen in three cases (50%) in the positive group after 2, 12, and 26 months and in three cases (16%) in the negative group after 27, 56, and 78 months. The positive group had a higher incidence of contralateral involvement than the negative group (p = 0.0017, according to a log-rank test).
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Potenciais Evocados Miogênicos Vestibulares
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Furosemida
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Doença de Meniere
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Otolaryngol
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão