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Labyrinthine disorder

MedGen UID:
44049
•Concept ID:
C0022890
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Ear Disease, Inner; Ear Diseases, Inner; Inner Ear Disease; Inner Ear Diseases; Labyrinth Disease; Labyrinth Diseases
SNOMED CT: Labyrinthine disorder (20425006)

Definition

A condition affecting the bony or membranous labyrinth of the inner ear and which may be characterized by vertigo, dysequilibrium, nystagmus, or hearing loss. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: Effective diagnosis and treatment.
Cole SR, Honaker JA
Cleve Clin J Med 2022 Nov 1;89(11):653-662. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.89a.21057. PMID: 36319052
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: Diagnostic criteria Consensus document of the Committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society.
von Brevern M, Bertholon P, Brandt T, Fife T, Imai T, Nuti D, Newman-Toker D
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp (Engl Ed) 2017 Nov-Dec;68(6):349-360. Epub 2017 Oct 19 doi: 10.1016/j.otorri.2017.02.007. PMID: 29056234
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: Diagnostic criteria.
von Brevern M, Bertholon P, Brandt T, Fife T, Imai T, Nuti D, Newman-Toker D
J Vestib Res 2015;25(3-4):105-17. doi: 10.3233/VES-150553. PMID: 26756126

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and its variants.
Nuti D, Masini M, Mandalà M
Handb Clin Neurol 2016;137:241-56. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63437-5.00018-2. PMID: 27638076
Postirradiation vertigo in nasopharyngeal carcinoma survivors.
Young YH, Ko JY, Sheen TS
Otol Neurotol 2004 May;25(3):366-70. doi: 10.1097/00129492-200405000-00027. PMID: 15129119
Screening for depression among neuro-otology patients with and without identifiable vestibular lesions.
Grunfeld EA, Gresty MA, Bronstein AM, Jahanshahi M
Int J Audiol 2003 Apr;42(3):161-5. doi: 10.3109/14992020309090425. PMID: 12705781
Computerized analysis of established craniocorpography.
Serafini F, Caovilla HH, Ganança MM
Int Tinnitus J 2002;8(2):97-9. PMID: 14763218
A relationship between autoimmune thyroiditis and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo?
Modugno GC, Pirodda A, Ferri GG, Montana T, Rasciti L, Ceroni AR
Med Hypotheses 2000 Apr;54(4):614-5. doi: 10.1054/mehy.1999.0905. PMID: 10859648

Diagnosis

Neuro-otological emergencies.
Seemungal BM
Curr Opin Neurol 2007 Feb;20(1):32-9. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3280122514. PMID: 17215686
Why monitor perilymphatic pressure in Menière's disease?
Marchbanks R
Acta Otolaryngol Suppl 1997;526:27-9. doi: 10.3109/00016489709124017. PMID: 9107352
Isolated acute vertigo in the elderly; vestibular or vascular disease?
Norrving B, Magnusson M, Holtås S
Acta Neurol Scand 1995 Jan;91(1):43-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb05841.x. PMID: 7732773
Cerebellar infarction--a presentation of vertigo.
Rubenstein RL, Norman DM, Schindler RA, Kaseff L
Laryngoscope 1980 Mar;90(3):505-14. doi: 10.1002/lary.5540900319. PMID: 7359972
Acute cerebellar infarction in the PICA territory.
Duncan GW, Parker SW, Fisher CM
Arch Neurol 1975 Jun;32(6):364-8. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1975.00490480030002. PMID: 1131070

Therapy

Postirradiation vertigo in nasopharyngeal carcinoma survivors.
Young YH, Ko JY, Sheen TS
Otol Neurotol 2004 May;25(3):366-70. doi: 10.1097/00129492-200405000-00027. PMID: 15129119

Prognosis

Cerebellar infarction--a presentation of vertigo.
Rubenstein RL, Norman DM, Schindler RA, Kaseff L
Laryngoscope 1980 Mar;90(3):505-14. doi: 10.1002/lary.5540900319. PMID: 7359972

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