[Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the anterior semicircular canal: clinical aspects and treatment].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the videonystagmographic characteristics and the treatment of the patients reached with a canalolithiasis or a cupulolithiasis of the anterior semicircular canal.


METHODS
Retrospective study concerning patients treated for a Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) of the anterior semicircular canal. Each patient after analysis under videonystagmoscopy (VNS) and under videonystagmography (VNG) was treated by maneuvers.


RESULTS
On 462 observations of typical BPPV 6 cases of VPPB of the anterior semicircular canal were treated concerning 5 patients (1.3%).


CONCLUSIONS
The BPPV of the anterior semicircular canal are rare. We modified our method of diagnosis, and our therapeutic techniques could be validated with the help of the two-dimensional videonystagmography.
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D004584:Electronystagmography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007759:Labyrinth Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012399:Rotation; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D014741:Video Recording