Cerebellar infarctions and 'vestibular neuritis'
(1993) In Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement 503. p.6-64- Abstract
Consecutive subjects 50 to 75 years of age with sudden onset of vertigo but without cochlear or neurological symptoms were investigated with neuro-imaging techniques. Doppler sonography of the vertebral and carotid arteries and recording of voluntary saccades and pursuit eye movements, caloric, spontaneous, gaze and optokinetic nystagmus. Among those studied, 6 out of 24 subjects could be demonstrated to have cerebellar infarctions, another 2 subjects had occlusion of one vertebral artery. Caloric tests could not identify subjects with a cerebellar infarction whereas prominently reduced pursuit eye movements could. Subjects with cerebellar infarction either had a vertebral artery occlusion or prominent cardio-embolic risk factors. It is... (More)
Consecutive subjects 50 to 75 years of age with sudden onset of vertigo but without cochlear or neurological symptoms were investigated with neuro-imaging techniques. Doppler sonography of the vertebral and carotid arteries and recording of voluntary saccades and pursuit eye movements, caloric, spontaneous, gaze and optokinetic nystagmus. Among those studied, 6 out of 24 subjects could be demonstrated to have cerebellar infarctions, another 2 subjects had occlusion of one vertebral artery. Caloric tests could not identify subjects with a cerebellar infarction whereas prominently reduced pursuit eye movements could. Subjects with cerebellar infarction either had a vertebral artery occlusion or prominent cardio-embolic risk factors. It is suggested that subjects with symptoms as vestibular neuritis should be investigated with pursuit eye movements and with at least standard ECG recordings.
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- Magnusson, M LU and Norrving, B LU
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- 1993
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- Contribution to journal
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- keywords
- Aged, Cerebellum, Cerebral Infarction, Dominance, Cerebral, Echoencephalography, Electronystagmography, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Meniere Disease, Middle Aged, Neuritis, Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency, Vestibular Nerve, Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases, Journal Article
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- Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement
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- 503
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- 3 pages
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- Scandinavian University Press
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- scopus:0027340467
- pmid:8470504
- ISSN
- 0365-5237
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- English
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