title: Galvanic testing in neuro-otological diagnostics.
abstract: From 1980 to 1986, a total of 436 patients were investigated by galvanic testing. Pathological findings resulted in 45 (out of 54) patients with a suspect tumour of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA), 7 (out of 7) patients with a Herpes zoster infection, 25 (out of 32) patients with an isolated, unilateral loss of vestibular function, 4 (out of 14) patients with head injuries. No pathological results of galvanic testing were found in patients with sudden deafness, Meniere's disease, vertebrobasilar or cerebrovascular insufficiency, etc.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, GDR.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Skurczynski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ernst
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006801:Humans; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests / Q000379:methods