Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: evaluation of the vestibular system with cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol
; 275(6): 1507-1512, 2018 Jun.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29700616
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To investigate the possibility of vestibular damage in a group of patients suffering from chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) using a diagnostic protocol including the caloric test, C-VEMPs and O-VEMPs.METHODS:
Twenty patients suffering from CIDP (mean age 58.5 years, range 33-80 years; 4 women and 16 men) were investigated. To assess any eventual audio-vestibular involvement, all patients of the study underwent pure tone audiometry, Fitzgerald-Hallpike caloric vestibular test, C-VEMPs and O-VEMPs.RESULTS:
In 11 patients with CIDP values of both O-VEMPs and C-VEMPs were either absent or abnormal. An absent trace at O-VEMPs testing occurred in 36% of these pathological patients, whereas an increase of n10 latency and amplitude was present in the other 64% .CONCLUSIONS:
A specific diagnostic protocol including the caloric test, C-VEMPS, O-VEMPS, could be useful when employed for identifying vestibular damage in CIDP patients.Palavras-chave
Texto completo:
1
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Testes Calóricos
/
Vestíbulo do Labirinto
/
Polirradiculoneuropatia Desmielinizante Inflamatória Crônica
/
Potenciais Evocados Miogênicos Vestibulares
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
/
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
/
Aged
/
Aged80
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
/
Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article