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Vestibulopathy, Bilateral

MedGen UID:
900425
•Concept ID:
C4255193
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Bilateral Vestibular Deficiency; Bilateral Vestibular Insufficiency; Bilateral Vestibular Loss; Bilateral Vestibulopathy; Vestibular Areflexia; Vestibular Deficiency, Bilateral; Vestibular Insufficiency, Bilateral; Vestibular Loss, Bilateral

Definition

Impairment of the vestibular function of both inner ears which can cause difficulties with balance, gait, VERTIGO, and visual blurring. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVestibulopathy, Bilateral

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment of dizziness: an interdisciplinary update.
Spiegel R, Rust H, Baumann T, Friedrich H, Sutter R, Göldlin M, Rosin C, Müri R, Mantokoudis G, Bingisser R, Strupp M, Kalla R
Swiss Med Wkly 2017;147:w14566. Epub 2017 Dec 27 doi: 10.4414/smw.2017.14566. PMID: 29282702
Bilateral vestibulopathy: Diagnostic criteria Consensus document of the Classification Committee of the Bárány Society.
Strupp M, Kim JS, Murofushi T, Straumann D, Jen JC, Rosengren SM, Della Santina CC, Kingma H
J Vestib Res 2017;27(4):177-189. doi: 10.3233/VES-170619. PMID: 29081426Free PMC Article
The treatment and natural course of peripheral and central vertigo.
Strupp M, Dieterich M, Brandt T
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2013 Jul;110(29-30):505-15; quiz 515-6. Epub 2013 Jul 22 doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2013.0505. PMID: 24000301Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Novel subtype of idiopathic bilateral vestibulopathy: bilateral absence of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in the presence of normal caloric responses.
Fujimoto C, Murofushi T, Chihara Y, Suzuki M, Yamasoba T, Iwasaki S
J Neurol 2009 Sep;256(9):1488-92. Epub 2009 May 12 doi: 10.1007/s00415-009-5147-x. PMID: 19434443
Effects of vestibular and cerebellar deficits on gaze and torso stability during ambulation.
Crane BT, Demer JL
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2000 Jul;123(1 Pt 1):22-9. doi: 10.1067/mhn.2000.105923. PMID: 10889475

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