%0 Journal Article
%T Tumarkin¡¯s Otolithic Crisis: Role of the Corticoth¨¦rapie in Support
%A Habib Ould Cheikh El Wely
%A Saloua Ouraini
%A Karima Ouardi
%A Aiman Ftouhi
%A Mohamed Zalagh
%A Ali Jahidi
%A Mounir Kettani
%A Bouchaib Hammaoui
%A Fouad Benariba
%A Nourredine Errami
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 11
%N 8
%P 1-9
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2024
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1112002
%X Patients with the disease Meniere can present crises of Tumarkin consisting of the sudden drop to the ground without a prodrome prior to or loss of consciousness, lasting a few seconds. The diagnosis is clinical and based on the typical description of the patient. The treatment of the crisis of Tumarkin is still a subject of discussion. We report 3 cases of Tumarkin crisis in three patients followed in our department for Meniere¡¯s disease, whose diagnosis of otolithic Tumarkin crisis was made by the description of each of sudden falls to the ground without prodrome or loss of consciousness beforehand, for a few seconds and comforted by vestibular explorations (VHIT and caloric tests) deficient at low frequencies and normal at high frequencies. All patients received an installation of a tympanic aerator with injection of corticosteroids. The follow-up after injection was carried out for at least 2 years, marked by the improvement of the balance, the disappearance of the symptoms of Meni¨¨re¡¯s disease with absence of recurrence of the Tumarkin crisis for the three. The injection transtympanic of corticosteroide promises to be a conservative treatment of first intention for the crisis of Tumarkin related to the disease of M¨¦ni¨¦re since the steroid has no toxicity to the inner ear.
%K Tumarkin¡¯s Otolithic Crisis
%K Meniere¡¯s Disease
%K Treatment
%K Transtympanic Corticosteroid
%K Drop Attacks
%K Vertigo
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6832445