Visualization of horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo using 3DCT imaging and its assessment

• Published in: Acta Oto-Laryngologica Vol. 141; no. 5; pp. 482 - 489
• Main Authors: Yamane, Hideo, Konishi, Kazuo, Anniko, Matti
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 04.05.2021; Informa UK Limited
• Subjects: 3DCT image; Adult; Aged; Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo; Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo - complications; Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo - diagnostic imaging; BPPV; Case-Control Studies; Female; horizontal canal; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Lithiasis; Lithiasis - diagnostic imaging; Male; Middle Aged; otoconia; Semicircular Canals; Semicircular Canals - diagnostic imaging; Semicircular Canals - pathology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; vertigo; volume rendering; 3DCT image; volume rendering; BPPV; vertigo; otoconia; horizontal canal

There have been no useful imaging methods to diagnose benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), a common cause of vertigo, depending on the characteristic symptom. To visualize horizontal canal (HC) BPPV using 3DCT and assess its clinical usefulness. Ten BPPV patients were diagnosed with distinct...