title: Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in pediatric patients with familial Mediterranean fever.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We aimed to investigate whether the chronic autoinflammatory process in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), which affects numerous systems, results in vestibular dysfunction in pediatric patients being followed up for diagnosis of FMF using VEMP recordings.
  
  
  METHODS
  30 patients (60 ears) diagnosed with FMF and 20 (40 ears) healthy volunteers were included in the study. Following routine ear, nose, and throat examination, transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) and vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) tests were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 30 FMF pediatric patients (13 male, 17 female) and 20 controls (8 male, 12 female) were included in the study. The mean age of FMF patients was 12.13 ± 2.88 years, while that of the controls was 12.90 ± 2.80 years. All of the otoacoustic emission results of the patient and control groups were "pass VEMP recordings received in both ears of patients with FMF (60 ears) and both ears of controls (40 ears). There was no statistically significant difference for latencies or amplitudes for either patients or controls (p > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In order to research the effect of FMF on vestibular functions, we measured VEMP. However, we did not detect alterations of VEMP in FMF patients.
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gaziosmanpasa University, School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey. Electronic address: btahsin@hotmail.com.
authors: Battal Tahsin
authors: BT
authors: Somuk
authors: Department of Pediatry, Gaziosmanpasa University, School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
authors: Samet
authors: S
authors: Özer
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gaziosmanpasa University, School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
authors: Harun
authors: H
authors: Soyalıc
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gaziosmanpasa University, School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
authors: Emrah
authors: E
authors: Sapmaz
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gaziosmanpasa University, School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
authors: Goksel
authors: G
authors: Goktas
authors: Department of Oudiology, Gaziosmanpasa University, School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
authors: Ayhan
authors: A
authors: Admis
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gaziosmanpasa University, School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
authors: Levent
authors: L
authors: Gurbuzler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous / Q000502:physiology; D058585:Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Familial Mediterranean fever; Transient evoked otoacoustic emission; Vestibular evoked myogenic potential