TY - JOUR
T1 - A case of intractable suspected perilymph fistula with severe depression
AU - Goto, Fumiyuki
AU - Oishi, Naoki
AU - Tsutsumi, Tomoko
AU - Ogawa, Kaoru
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Korean Neuropsychiatric Association.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - A 68-year-old woman presented dizziness whenever she put her finger into the right ear and also complained of water-streaming tinnitus, which indicated she would have been suffering from perilymph fistula. An exploratory tympanotomy was conducted. Leakage of perilymph from the round window was suspected, although the cochlin-tomoprotein (CTP) results were negative. After the procedure, the patient’s finger-induced dizziness, tinnitus, and vertigo spells disappeared completely. However, her dizzy symptom did not improve. The patient also complained of general fatigue, weight loss, and insomnia, which led us to suspect comorbid depression. Antidepressants and vestibular rehabilitation treatment resulted in a significant improvement in her dizziness. Although it is not apparent whether the patient had a perilymph fistula, this case demonstrates the importance of evaluating not only physical symptoms but also psychological comorbidity, especially when the physical symptoms are intractable despite treatment.
AB - A 68-year-old woman presented dizziness whenever she put her finger into the right ear and also complained of water-streaming tinnitus, which indicated she would have been suffering from perilymph fistula. An exploratory tympanotomy was conducted. Leakage of perilymph from the round window was suspected, although the cochlin-tomoprotein (CTP) results were negative. After the procedure, the patient’s finger-induced dizziness, tinnitus, and vertigo spells disappeared completely. However, her dizzy symptom did not improve. The patient also complained of general fatigue, weight loss, and insomnia, which led us to suspect comorbid depression. Antidepressants and vestibular rehabilitation treatment resulted in a significant improvement in her dizziness. Although it is not apparent whether the patient had a perilymph fistula, this case demonstrates the importance of evaluating not only physical symptoms but also psychological comorbidity, especially when the physical symptoms are intractable despite treatment.
KW - Depression
KW - Perilymph fistula
KW - Vestibular rehabilitation
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U2 - 10.4306/pi.2014.11.4.499
DO - 10.4306/pi.2014.11.4.499
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928105375
VL - 11
SP - 499
EP - 501
JO - Psychiatry Investigation
JF - Psychiatry Investigation
SN - 1738-3684
IS - 4
ER -