양성돌발성 두위현훈의 역학

Pathogensis of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)

  • 김철승 (서남대학교 임상병리학과) ;
  • 박상묵 (동강대학 임상병리과)
  • Kim, Chul-Seung (Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Seonam University) ;
  • Park, Sang-Muk (Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Dongkang College)
  • 발행 : 2008.06.30

초록

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is one of the most common clinical entities encountered in a dizzness clinic. Retrosepective review was performed for the patient's diagnosed as BPPV at Sunchon "S" hospital dizzness center. Variables for statistical analysis included age, sex, involved canal presence of recent head tramua, presence of chronic otitis media, history of middle ear surgery, underlying disease such as hypertension or diabetics, headache, central lesion. From July 2004 to May 2005, we sampled the 600 dizzness patient's who visited the dizzness center. Dizzness could be classified into BPPV, vestibulopathy. Among these patients, 256 patients had BPPV, 222 patients had vesibulopathy and 97 patients had Normal. Among these BPPV patients, 80 patients had lateral canalolithiasis BPPV (31.3%), 28 patients had lateral cupulolithiasis BPPV (10.9%), 90 patients had posterior canalolithiasis BPPV (35.2%), 7 patients had multicanalolithiasis BPPV (2.3%), 52 patients simultaneously had BPPV, other vestibular disease, and central lesion (20.3%).

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