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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Annals of Otology and Neurotology 2021; 4(02): 074-078
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1736344
Case Report

A Young Patient with Horizontal Semicircular Cupulolithiasis with Immediate Response to the Therapeutic Head-Shaking Maneuver (HSM)

Ajay Kumar Vats
1   Department of Medicine and Neurology, Chaudhary Hospital and Medical Research Centre Private Limited, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
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Abstract

The apogeotropic variant of horizontal semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is attributed to either short anterior ampullary arm canalolithiasis or to the cupulolithiasis with the otoconial debris adhering to the cupula on utricular (Cup-U) or canal side (Cup-C), rendering it heavy and gravity sensitive. The treatment options for horizontal semicircular cupulolithiasis are not very well defined. A 25-year-old female patient with 8 days history of vertigo on rolling to either of the lateral recumbent position presented in the first week of November 2019. The supine roll test (SRT) on yawing head maximally to the right as well as to the left elicited an apogeotropic horizontal positional nystagmus lasting more than 1 minute, which was stronger on the right side and indicated a diagnosis of left horizontal semicircular cupulolithiasis. Two short-term follow-ups at 1 and 24 hours after head-shaking maneuver (HSM), with verifying SRT, were undertaken. During either of the two follow-ups, neither the previously elicited horizontal positional nystagmus was observed, nor did the patient have vertigo on rolling to lateral recumbent positions. She was telephonically questioned weekly regarding the recurrence of rotational vertigo for the next 4 weeks, and it was confirmed that she remained symptom free till then. The therapeutic HSM, owing to the inertial forces generated, can detach the otoconial debris from the cupula that renders it heavy and gravity sensitive. Successful offloading of cupula by HSM brings immediate cure in the Cup-U variant of the horizontal semicircular cupulolithiasis.

Keywords

cupulolithiasis - supine roll test - apogeotropic - head-shaking maneuver


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Article published online:
29 September 2021

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