title: Clinical characteristics of inferior vestibular neuritis.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  Inferior vestibular neuritis (IVN) is a relatively minor subtype of vestibular neuritis (VN) and its clinical characteristics are unique.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To clarify clinical characteristics of IVN in comparison with conventional VN.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a retrospective case series review. Caloric responses and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP) responses were measured in 71 patients with VN. The patients were classified into three groups: (1) IVN group, who showed only asymmetrical cVEMP responses; (2) superior VN (SVN) group, who showed only asymmetrical caloric responses; (3) total VN (TVN) group, who showed asymmetrical responses in both tests. The clinical records of time course of subjective symptoms (duration of attack, duration of hospitalization, and time to remission) were reviewed and other profiles (age, sex, affected side, acute symptoms, and sequelae) were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 71 patients with VN, 13 (18%) were classified as having IVN. The mean age and time to remission of patients with IVN (44.2 ± 4.8 years, 0.9 ± 0.5 months) were significantly lower and shorter, respectively, than those of patients with TVN (57.3 ± 2.5 years, 4.9 ± 4.7 months). There were no significant differences in other symptoms and profiles among the three groups. No patients with IVN showed benign paroxysmal positional vertigo as a sequela.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan. y-chihara@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chihara
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Toshihisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murofushi
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Aki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Chisato
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Egami
authors.forename: Munetaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ushio
authors.forename: Shotaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karino
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugasawa
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamasoba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002150:Caloric Tests; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010037:Otolithic Membrane / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012444:Saccule and Utricle / Q000503:physiopathology; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000503:physiopathology; D058585:Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D020338:Vestibular Neuronitis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology