@article{article_750181, title={Should We Look For Blood Parathormone in Patients with Vertigo?}, journal={Kafkas Journal of Medical Sciences}, volume={9}, pages={22–28}, year={2019}, author={Demirbilek, Nevzat and Evren, Cenk}, keywords={vertigo, dizziness, hyperparathyroidism}, abstract={<p>Aim: Though vertigo is a symptom which is defined by an individual as spinning of themselves or an object, it is generally defined <br />by the patients as the sensation of falling, disequilibrium, dizziness <br />and fainting. The main problem on the patients is the determination <br />of the underlying illness. Most of vertigos have peripheral causes <br />and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo takes the first place. It is <br />followed by peripheral and central causes. Patients usually consult <br />the policlinics of Ear, Nose and Throat, internal medicine, neurology in addition to emergency departments with balance disorders. <br />These patients undergo examinations, screening methods, audiology and balance tests and routine blood tests. <br />Material and Method: In this study in which 397 patients who <br />consulted the hospital with complaints of vertigo between 2011 <br />and 2017 evaluated retrospectively. <br />Results: In our study, first of all peripheral causes and 44.8% of these <br />were benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Hyperparathyroidism <br />was detected in 4 (1%) of the cases in our patient groups that the <br />only complaint was dizziness and there were no other characteristics in the examinations. Parathyroid adenoma was detected in <br />three of them and hyperplasia was detected in the other. In the <br />ones who had adenoma after parathyroidectomy and in the other <br />case after bisphosphonate treatment, both parathormone levels <br />decreased to normal and vertigo complaints totally disappeared. <br />Conclusion: It is recommended that parathormone values should <br />be taken into account in the blood tests during the process of diagnosis in vertigo patients <br /> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Kafkas University}