Res Vestib Sci.
2024 Sep;23(3):106-110. 10.21790/rvs.2024.011.
Fluctuating high-frequency hearing loss with vertigo: is it Menière’s disease? A case report
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- KMID: 2563704
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.21790/rvs.2024.011
Abstract
- This study describes an unusual case of fluctuating unilateral high-frequency hearing loss with vertigo resembling Menière’s disease. The current diagnostic criteria for definite Menière’s disease include audiometrically documented low- to medium-frequency sensorineural hearing loss on at least one occasion before, during, or after an episode of vertigo. This case presented a diagnostic dilemma. Brain MRI was nonspecific, and a bithermal caloric test showed unilateral weakness of 44% on the affected side. The results of electrocochleography and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential tests were within the normal ranges. Persistent geotropic or ageotropic positional nystagmus was observed during each vertigo attack; the mechanism underlying this characteristic nystagmus needs further investigation.
