Introduction: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common peripheral
vestibular disorder. The most important symptom is vertigo, which is triggered by
changes in head position and sometimes is accompanied by vegetative symptoms. Furthermore,
etiology may be subcategorized into idiopathic and secondary (connected to other vestibular
disorder, like Meniere's disease, vestibular neuritis, or vestibular migraine). Aim:
To identify such parameter of ultrasound-computer-craniocorpography (US-COMP-CCG),
which could be useful in the differentiation of idiopathic and secondary BPPV. Material
and method: 135 patients suffering from BPPV and 140 normal vestibular functioning
patients were examined with UC-COMP-CCG. Statistical analysis was completed by using
IBM SPSS V24 software. Results: 109 patients suffered from idiopathic BPPV (i-BPPV),
and 26 patients from secondary BPPV (s-BPPV). Parameters indicating the imbalance
were observed in both the standing test and the stepping test. Respectively, remarkable
results were given in the forehead covering and the self-spin parameter. Conclusion:
By applying and examining both study groups with US-COMP-CCG, we were able to use
modern diagnostics and thus have an objective evaluation based on their properties.
The objective results from the US-COMPCCG parameters show the deterioration of the
vestibular system as well as the change in values, based on the cause of BPPV in secondary
cases.
