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Vol. 58. Issue 9.
Pages 437-439 (January 2007)
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Vol. 58. Issue 9.
Pages 437-439 (January 2007)
Cases studies
Characterization of Bilateral Superior Canal Dehiscence
Caracterización de la dehiscencia bilateral del conducto semicircular superior
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María Soledad Boleas Aguirrea,
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msboleas@unav.es

Correspondence: Dpto. de Otorrinolaringología. Clínica Universitaria de Navarra. Avda. Pío XII, 36. 31008 Pamplona. Navarra. España.
, Americo Migliacciob, John Careyb
a Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
b Departamento de Otorrinolaringología y Patología Cérvico-Facial, Johns Hopkins Hospital, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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In the superior semicircular canal (SSC) dehiscence syndrome, patients can have sound- or pressure-induced vertigo and oscillopsia. They may also present conductive hearing loss or higher than normal bone conduction thresholds.

Clinical manifestations are due to the effect of a third mobile window in the inner ear created by the dehiscence. Diagnosis is based on clinical manifestations, vertical and rotatory nystagmus induced by sound and pressure reflecting SSC stimulation, reduced threshold and increased amplitude of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP) and temporal bone CT scan images showing the SSC dehiscence. Characteristic eye movements can be recorded with the scleral search coil technique.

Key words:
Bilateral dehiscence
Superior semicircular canal
Vertigo
Oscillopsia

En la dehiscencia del conducto semicircular superior aparecen vértigo y oscilopsia inducidos por sonidos intensos o cambios de presión intracraneal o del oído medio. Puede aparecer hipoacusia de transmisión y aumento del umbral auditivo por vía ósea.

Las manifestaciones se explican porque la dehiscencia crea una tercera ventana móvil en el oído interno. El diagnóstico se establece por la clínica, el nistagmo vertical-rotatorio desencadenado por sonido o presión, que es propio de la estimulación del conducto semicircular superior (CSS) correspondiente, la disminución del umbral y el aumento de la amplitud de los potenciales evocados miogénicos (VEMP) y las imágenes de dehiscencia del CSS en la tomografía computarizada de peñascos. Los movimientos oculares característicos desencadenados se pueden estudiar mediante la técnica de la bobina escleral (BE) en campo magnético (scleral search coil).

Palabras clave:
Dehiscencia bilateral
Conducto semicircular superior
Vértigo
Oscilopsia

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