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La rehabilitación vestibular es fundamental en el tratamiento de la inestabilidad puesto que actúa sobre la compensación, mejorando el equilibrio y la calidad de vida del paciente. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar la utilidad y aspectos prácticos de la posturografía dinámica computarizada en el diseño de un programa de rehabilitación vestibular
Vestibular rehabilitation is essential in the treatment of unsteadiness as it works on compensation improving patient balance and quality of life. The objective of this article is to introduce the usefulness and practical aspects of computerized dynamic posturography in the vestibular rehabilitation program design
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Humans , Vestibular Diseases/rehabilitation , Postural Balance/physiology , Vertigo/physiopathology , Vertigo/rehabilitation , Vestibular Function Tests/methods , Vestibular Diseases/physiopathologyABSTRACT
Acute vestibular deficit as the first sign of leukemia is extremely rare. The literature shows some cases of sudden hearing loss accompanied by instability and associated with hyperviscosity syndrome. We present the case of a patient who presents a harmonic vestibular deficit of the right ear. The complementary studies revealed an abnormally high level of leukocytes. A peripheral blood cytogenetic analysis is performed due to a high suspicion of leukemia, and the results show BCR/ABL fusion gene with a cut point in the M-BCR region, which confirms the diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukemia. In this case we detail the importance of taking hematological disorders into consideration in the differential diagnosis of patients with otoneurological symptoms, and we also review the etiopathogenic mechanisms, symptoms, diagnosis, and therapeutic options for chronic myeloid leukemia with sudden hearing loss and vertigo.
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INTRODUCTION: Benign Paroxysmal Vertigo of Childhood (BPVC) is a common cause of vertigo in children and it is characterized by recurrent attacks of vertigo without warning resolving spontaneously after minutes to hours. It has been considered the equivalent of migraine in childhood. METHODS: Twenty-seven patients diagnosed with BPVC were recruited between 1991 and 1997 with a follow up of at least 15 years. The incidence of migraine, inner ear disorders and family medical history is analyzed. RESULTS: The average age for the onset of the attacks of BPVC was 3 years and 11 months, and for spontaneous resolution, it was around 5 years and 7 months. The average age for follow up was 18 years. Nine patients developed migraine during adulthood. Nineteen of them had a family history of migraine. CONCLUSION: We have observed that the prevalence of migraine in patients that had been diagnosed with BPVC is higher than in the general population, which leads us to propose BPVC as a precursor of migraine during childhood.
