Delayed endolymphatic hydrops: study and review of clinical implications and surgical treatment.
Delayed endolymphatic hydrops (DEH) differs from Ménière's disease in that it occurs in pre-existing ear pathology in patients who have a profound unilateral or total deafness that was caused by infection, trauma, or unknown causes during childhood or adulthood. We performed a retrospective review of 160 patients with ipsilateral, contralateral, or bilateral DEH. Eighty-seven patients who did not respond to medical therapy underwent surgical treatment. Our findings indicate that the more conservative surgical procedures--endolymphatic sac surgery, cochleosacculotomy, and streptomycin perfusion--are all as effective as and less destructive than labyrinthectomy for controlling vertigo. The clinical results of this study would seem to support the observations of others that DEH and Ménière's disease are related disorders caused predominantly by cases of viral labyrinthitis with unknown etiology.
Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 199 Tun-Hwa North Rd., Taipei, Taiwan 105. huang571@ms23.hinet.net
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D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D002150:Caloric Tests; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018159:Endolymphatic Hydrops / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013506:Otologic Surgical Procedures; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology*