1990 Volume 1990 Issue Supplement37 Pages 98-103
We applied the glycerol test, electrocochleogram and the furosemide tests using caloric stmuli and/or centric & eccentric pendular rotation stimuli to 92 patients with Ménière's disease for the purpose of diagnosing endolymphatic hydrops in comparison with 53 patients with sudden deafness without vertigo.
The group with Ménière's disease had a significantly higher positive rate than the group with sudden deafness without vertigo in all the tests except for the furosemide test with caloric stimuli.
The group with definite Ménière's disease had a higher positive rate than the group with suspected Ménière's disease in all the tests except for the furosemide test with caloric stimuli.
The patients with Ménière's disease had a significantly higher positive rate during the vertigo attack stage than in the absence of vertigo remission stage in all the tests except for the furosemide test with caloric stimuli. The diagnosis of endolymphatic hydrops part in Ménière'ss disease were very useful to separate definite Ménière'ss disease from suspected Ménière's disease.
