Should We Look For Blood Parathormone in Patients with Vertigo?
Abstract
Aim: Though vertigo is a symptom which is defined by an individual as spinning of themselves or an object, it is generally defined
by the patients as the sensation of falling, disequilibrium, dizziness
and fainting. The main problem on the patients is the determination
of the underlying illness. Most of vertigos have peripheral causes
and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo takes the first place. It is
followed by peripheral and central causes. Patients usually consult
the policlinics of Ear, Nose and Throat, internal medicine, neurology in addition to emergency departments with balance disorders.
These patients undergo examinations, screening methods, audiology and balance tests and routine blood tests.
Material and Method: In this study in which 397 patients who
consulted the hospital with complaints of vertigo between 2011
and 2017 evaluated retrospectively.
Results: In our study, first of all peripheral causes and 44.8% of these
were benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Hyperparathyroidism
was detected in 4 (1%) of the cases in our patient groups that the
only complaint was dizziness and there were no other characteristics in the examinations. Parathyroid adenoma was detected in
three of them and hyperplasia was detected in the other. In the
ones who had adenoma after parathyroidectomy and in the other
case after bisphosphonate treatment, both parathormone levels
decreased to normal and vertigo complaints totally disappeared.
Conclusion: It is recommended that parathormone values should
be taken into account in the blood tests during the process of diagnosis in vertigo patients
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Clinical Sciences
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
January 1, 2019
Submission Date
January 6, 2019
Acceptance Date
January 4, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 9 Number: 1