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487dOi: canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo : diagnosis and treatment of 37 patientsVertigem posicional parox stica benigna do canal Horizontal : diagn stico e tratamento de 37 pacientesEliana Teixeira Maranh o1, 2, P ricles Maranh o-Filho3 benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most frequent type of vertigo1,2,3 with prevalence between and per 100,000 population, and lifetime prevalence esti-mated of in females, in males, and overall1. BPPV generally has the highest age distribution in the sixth decade of life3,4, with a prevalence approaching 9% among the elderly population5. It is characterized by brief, recurrent episodes of vertigo triggered by changes in head position. Its pathophysiology, so called the vestibular stones, concept, is either due to abnormal stimulation of the dome caused by free-floating otoliths within semicircular canals (canaloli-thiasis), or otoliths clinging in the dome (cupulolithiasis)4,6,7.
487 dOi: 10.1590/-282X20150040 ARTE Horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: diagnosis and treatment of 37 patients Vertigem posicional paroxística benigna do canal horizontal: diagnóstico e tratamento de
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