Is the Pathology of Horizontal Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Really Localized in the Horizontal Semicircular Canal?

Author： Yagi Toshiaki Morishita Maki Koizumi Yasuo Kokawa Mio Kamura Eriko Baba Shunkichi

Publisher： Informa Healthcare

ISSN： 0001-6489

Source： Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Vol.121, Iss.8, 2001-12, pp. : 930-934

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Abstract

In order to clarify the pathological localization of horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (HC-BPPV), we performed 3D analysis of positional nystagmus in 11 patients with HC-BPPV. In addition, these results were compared with 3D analysis data of pressure nystagmus in patients with HC fistula. 3D analysis of nystagmus was carried out using a video image analysis system. In seven patients with HC-BPPV, the velocity vectors were well aligned with the axes of the HC and in four patients they were not. In addition, the 3D velocity vectors of the slow phase of pressure nystagmus in all 11 subjects with HC fistula were closely aligned with the axes of the HC. The pathology of HC-BPPV in most patients with apogeotropic positional nystagmus has been considered to be localized in the HC. However, our results strongly suggest that the pathology of HC-BPPV with geotropic nystagmus is localized in the utricle. This is the first report concerning the pathological localization of HC-BPPV based on physiological evidence.