Neurotologic manifestations of the fibromyalgia syndrome

The purpose was to assess otologic symptoms, and audiologic and vestibular findings in fibromyalgia (FM) syndrome. Twenty-four female patients with FM syndrome (FMS) were included in the study. The assessments were based on history, physical examination, audiometry, bithermal caloric testing and aud...

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Published in:Journal of the neurological sciences 2002-04, Vol.196 (1), p.77-80
Main Authors: Bayazıt, Yıldırım A., Gürsoy, Savaş, Özer, Enver, Karakurum, Günhan, Madenci, Ercan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Auditory Perception - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Brain Stem - physiopathology
Cochlear Diseases - diagnosis
Cochlear Diseases - etiology
Cochlear Diseases - physiopathology
Deafness - diagnosis
Deafness - etiology
Deafness - physiopathology
Diseases of striated muscles. Neuromuscular diseases
Dizziness
Dizziness - diagnosis
Dizziness - etiology
Dizziness - physiopathology
Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem - physiology
Female
Fibromyalgia - complications
Fibromyalgia - physiopathology
Fibromyalgia syndrome
Hearing loss
Humans
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neurology
Reaction Time
Tinnitus
Tinnitus - diagnosis
Tinnitus - etiology
Tinnitus - physiopathology
Vertigo
Vertigo - diagnosis
Vertigo - etiology
Vertigo - physiopathology
Vestibular Diseases - diagnosis
Vestibular Diseases - etiology
Vestibular Diseases - physiopathology
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Summary:The purpose was to assess otologic symptoms, and audiologic and vestibular findings in fibromyalgia (FM) syndrome. Twenty-four female patients with FM syndrome (FMS) were included in the study. The assessments were based on history, physical examination, audiometry, bithermal caloric testing and auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing. Dizziness was the most common complaint of the patients, and was followed by tinnitus, hearing loss and vertigo. Almost 50% of the patients had some sort of otologic symptoms. Dix–Halpike maneuver proved positional rotary vertigo in 5 (20.8%) patients. The audiometry results of 23 patients were normal. None of the patients had abnormal bithermal caloric testing. Although there were a variety of ABR abnormalities, the ABR results of the patients with and without cochleovestibular symptoms were not significantly different ( p
ISSN:0022-510X
1878-5883
DOI:10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00032-1