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Journal of the Korean Balance Society 2004;3(1): 196-202.
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| 소아 메니에르병 |
| 정연훈, 박기현, 김병철, 모정윤 |
| 아주대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실 |
| Meniere's Disease in Children |
| Yun-Hoon Choung, D.D, M.D., Kee Hyun Park, M.D., Byung-Chul Kim, M.D., Jung Yun Mo, M.D. |
| Department of Otolayngology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea |
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| ABSTRACT |
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The typical Meniere's disease is rarely seen in children and it is hard to find the related reports. In
general, the frequency of Meniere's disease in children is only 0.4-7.0% of that of adults. In this paper.
We report three cases of Meniere's disease in children less than 15 years old that we experienced during
9 years. The three cases are 14 and 13-year-old boys and a 10-year-old girl. Two of three cases initially
complained of only recurrent bouts of vertigo without any tinnitus, ear fullness, and hearing impairment.
And, the early pure tone audiograms showed only high tone frequency loss regardless of complaining
hearing loss in all three cases and the decrease of the hearing threshold was observed 1-8 years after the
dizziness attacks started. They were usually decreased to a level of mild or moderate hearing impairment.
After diuretic treatment, vertigo was generally well controlled, and some cases showed improvement in
hearing. At our department, the incidence of children with Meniere's disease compared with total number
of patients with Meniere's disease for 9 years is 2.6%(3/114), and the incidence of Meniere's disease in
children with vertigo is 2.0%(3/147).
Key Words : Meniere's disease, Children, Vertigo |
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