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Inadvertent Dural Puncture Causing Low Pressure Headache and Peripheral Vestibular Bilateral Damage Longridge, Neil S.; Mallinson, Arthur I.; Robinson, R. G.

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Introduction: This edition of the Audiology Research journal is dedicated to Dr. John Epley. For this reason, we would like to present a very unusual case involving the development of a bilateral abnormality of the otolith organs. The otoliths are the structures from which calcium particles detach to induce benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, the disorder for which Dr. Epley is famous for managing. Case report: This case report outlines an unusual presentation of vestibular pathology involving the otoliths. Discussion: We suggest that the atypical presentation may be related to a bilaterally asymmetrical insult to the otoliths. Conclusions: The central insult suffered by this patient resulted in bilateral peripheral otolithic pathology.

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Title
Inadvertent Dural Puncture Causing Low Pressure Headache and Peripheral Vestibular Bilateral Damage
Creator
Longridge, Neil S.; Mallinson, Arthur I.; Robinson, R. G.
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2025-02-20
Description
Introduction: This edition of the Audiology Research journal is dedicated to Dr. John Epley. For this reason, we would like to present a very unusual case involving the development of a bilateral abnormality of the otolith organs. The otoliths are the structures from which calcium particles detach to induce benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, the disorder for which Dr. Epley is famous for managing. Case report: This case report outlines an unusual presentation of vestibular pathology involving the otoliths. Discussion: We suggest that the atypical presentation may be related to a bilaterally asymmetrical insult to the otoliths. Conclusions: The central insult suffered by this patient resulted in bilateral peripheral otolithic pathology.
Subject
otoliths; vertigo; dural puncture; VEMPs
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2025-05-09
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0448839
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/91086
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Other UBC; Medicine, Department of; Surgery, Department of
Citation
Audiology Research 15 (2): 18 (2025)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/audiolres15020018
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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