The Journal of International
Advanced Otology
Case Report

Persistent Positional Vertigo in a Patient with Partial “Auto-Plugged” Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence: A Case Study

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Department of Audiology and Neurotology, Lyon University Hospital, Lyon, France

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Paris Hearing Institute, Research Center of Institut Pasteur, Inserm U1120, Paris, France

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Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Eye and Ear University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon

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Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Lyon, France

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Department of Neuroradiology, Edouard Herriot Hospital, CHU Lyon, France

J Int Adv Otol 2022; 18: 188-191
DOI: 10.5152/iao.2022.21417
Read: 1535 Downloads: 622 Published: 01 March 2022

A 73-year-old female was referred to our department for persistent left anterior benign paroxysmal positional vertigo refractory to multiple repositioning procedures and training physiotherapist exercises. The audiovestibular assessment and high resonance computed tomography of the petrosal bone confirmed the presence of a 5.4 mm large paucisymptomatic left anterior semicircular canal dehiscence. The connection between the 2 apparently distinct neurotological entities in the same patient was further sustained by additional imagery. T2-weighted and 3-dimensional labyrinthine sequences confirmed the presence of a partially “auto-plugged” superior semicircular canal dehiscence which progressively entrapped greater otolith particles proximal to the cupula of the superior semicircular canal.

Cite this article as: Constant Ionescu E, Idriss SA, Reynard P, Ltaief-Boudrigua A, Thai-Van H. Persistent positional vertigo in a patient with partial “auto-plugged” superior semicircular canal dehiscence: A case study. J Int Adv Otol. 2022;18(2):188-191.

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