title: [Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo associated with Meniere's disease: analysis of 36 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the clinical features and outcomes of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) associated with Meniere's disease and idiopathic BPPV.
  
  
  METHODS
  Reviewing the clinical records of 372 patients with BPPV, 289 patients with idiopathic BPPV and 36 patients with BPPV accompanied by Meniere's disease and were enrolled in this study. All patients were diagnosed by using the Dix-Hallpike test or roll test and treated with the canalith repositioning procedure. The outcomes were compared between the two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients with BPPV associated with Meniere's disease presented the following features, in which they differed from the patients with idiopathic BPPV (P < 0.05): (1) a higher percentage of female patients; (2) a longer duration of symptoms; (3) frequent involvement of the horizontal semicircular canal; (4) a greater incidence of canal paresis; (5) more therapeutic sessions needed for cure and a higher rate of recurrence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The BPPV associated with Meniere's disease differs from idiopathic BPPV in clinical features, treatment response recurrence tendency.
authors.forename: Xiangdong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Qinglin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiangsheng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.forename: Zhicheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Peiju
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D065635:Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000150:complications*; D010291:Paresis / Q000150:complications; D056888:Patient Positioning; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000473:pathology