American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 188-194, May 2008

Ménière disease: diagnostic instrumental support

  • Enrico Muzzi, MD
    • ,
  • Alessandra Rinaldo, MD, FACS
    • ,
  • Alfio Ferlito, MD, DLO, DPath, FRCS, FRCSEd, FRCSGlasg, FRCSI, FACS, FHKCORL, FDSRCS, FRCPath, FASCP, MCAP

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Udine, Policlinico Universitario, Piazzale S. Maria della Misericordia, I-33100 Udine, Italy. Tel.: +39 0432 559302; fax: +39 0432 559339.

Department of Surgical Sciences, ENT Clinic, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Received 2 March 2007 published online 26 March 2008.

Abstract 

The current guidelines of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery entrust the diagnosis of Ménière disease (MD) only to the clinical presentation and the pure tone audiometry. However, most otolaryngologists request a widened instrumental evaluation of the patients suspected of MD. The effective reliability of the further instrumental support for the diagnosis of MD is still debated in the literature because of nonstandardized procedures and sometimes incoherence among authors. New and more sophisticated diagnostic tests have been developed both in audiovestibology and in imaging in the last few years. A review of the recent literature on this controversial subject is provided.

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PII: S0196-0709(07)00062-2

doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.04.011

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 188-194, May 2008

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