
29/07/2025
Today's patient case
Woman 80+ who has visited her primary care center and the emergency room several times in the last 3 months for dizziness and nausea. In the medical record I see that:
1) The woman has been diagnosed with "non-specific dizziness" (no tests for BPPV performed) at the primary care center and was referred to the emergency room(!)
2) The woman was diagnosed with BPPB in the emergency room despite negative tests and a complete absence of nystagmus.
The patient was asked to perform home exercises for BPPV, which she has not done, as she is afraid and lives alone.
At today's examination, the dominant symptoms are nausea, vague positional dizziness and some impact on balance.
Findings during examination in a TRV chair with video Frenzel. Both the supine head roll test and the Dix-Hallpike test show a clear paroxysmal geotropic nystagmus with a certain discomfort (not as strong as we usually see with horizontal canal involvement) with slightly more intense nystagmus on the right side.
I treat once (Barbeque maneuver with impulses in the TRV chair) and then let the patient rest in the waiting room for about 30 minutes and then test again. This time completely without nystagmus and without discomfort.
Hypothesis: BPPV horizontal arching right side/ Vestibular agnosia
Of course, the patient will be followed up.
Why did i find nystagmus?
- I use Videofrenzel
-I always test horizontal canal