Course: Triple Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and the Strength of Remote Video-Based Management
CME Credits: 1.00
Released: 2023-01-09
A 72-year-old woman had recurrent short-lasting episodes of positional vertigo sometime after a head trauma. When she came to our hospital 6 months later, her bedside examination was normal, with namely no evidence for positional vertigo or nystagmus. Laboratory testing showed a reduced caloric response on the right side (side difference, 70%) and reduced cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials on the right. Since she lives 160 miles away from our hospital, she was instructed to send videos of her eye movements during positional maneuvers. Based on these videos, right-sided posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) canalolithiasis was diagnosed 2 days later (, A). After the diagnosis was made, the patient performed the SémontPLUS treatment maneuvers. The correctness of the performance of the maneuvers was also documented (, B). After performing the SémontPLUS maneuvers 9 times a day, she was free of episodes of BPPV after 2 days.
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