Methodology for Skull Tap Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (Tap-cVEMP)

• Authors: Paulina Glinka , Magdalena Lachowska , Kazimierz Niemczyk

Abstracts

EN

Objective: The aim of this study is to present a methodology of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials registered from sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) using skull tap stimulation (Tap-cVEMP) in a patient with cerebellopontine angle tumor (CPAT). Material and methods: A 23-year-old female with CPAT. The methodology of Tap-cVEMP is introduced. The results of VEMP is confronted with surgical information about the tumor. Results: The results of AC-cVEMP and Tap-cVEMP revealed the inferior vestibular nerve bundle to be affected by the tumor with intact superior bundle. Information obtained from VEMP was confirmed during surgery. Conclusion: Skull Tap Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (Tap-cVEMP) may be the useful method in the diagnostics of CPAT. AC-cVEMP and Tap-cVEMP may be helpful to evaluate the functional integrity of both vestibular nerve bundles providing the information about their involvement in the pathological process.

Keywords

EN

vestibular evoked myogenic potential; sternocleidomastoid muscle; neuroma of VIII nerve; vestibular schwannoma; cerebellopontine angle tumor; hearing loss; vertigo

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polski Przegląd Otorynolaryngologiczny
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 6(3)
• Pages: 29-33

Dates

published

2017-09-13

Contributors

author

Paulina Glinka

author

Magdalena Lachowska

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Kazimierz Niemczyk

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0010.4234