TY - JOUR
T1 - Asymmetric Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Pediatric Vestibular Migraine
AU - Hwa, Tiffany Peng
AU - Patel, Vir
AU - Field, Erin
AU - Windsor, Alanna
AU - Spencer, Lyndsey M.
AU - Caine, Melissa
AU - O'Reilly, Robert C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/7/1
Y1 - 2023/7/1
N2 - Objective Although ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMP) abnormalities have been associated with vestibular migraine (VM) in adults, no studies have evaluated this in pediatric patients with VM. oVEMP asymmetry with normal cervical VEMP (cVEMP) findings may be a reliable VM biomarker in adults. We characterize VEMP results among pediatric patients with VM and benign recurrent vertigo of childhood (BRVC), a migraine precursor, and compare these results with VEMP findings from pediatric patients with nonmigrainous vestibular diagnoses. Methods Four hundred seventy-four pediatric patients were evaluated over a 3-year period in a multidisciplinary pediatric vestibular clinic, 139 of whom met the inclusion criteria. Records were reviewed for history, audiometry, and vestibular testing results. VEMP testing was performed with a 500-Hz tone burst. Based on adult normative data, oVEMP asymmetry was defined as greater than 33% interaural difference; cVEMP asymmetry was defined as greater than 41%. Results Eighty subjects had VM or BRVC (mean [standard deviation] 12.8 [3.8] yr; range, 4.3-18.2 yr). Fifty-nine subjects received vestibular diagnoses other than VM or BRVC (nonmigrainous group; mean [standard deviation] age, 13.0 [3.6] yr; range, 5.14-18.9 yr). A greater proportion of the VM/BRVC group demonstrated oVEMP asymmetry with normal cVEMP as compared with the nonmigrainous group (22.5% versus 10.1%; p < 0.05). Zero subjects in the VM/BRVC group demonstrated cVEMP asymmetry versus three subjects (4.9%) of the nonmigrainous group. Conclusions VM and BRVC are notable causes of migraine-related vertigo among pediatric patients. Of VM/BRVC patients, 22.5% had oVEMP asymmetry with normal cVEMP. Similar to the adult VM population, this finding may be a useful biomarker in the right clinical setting for pediatric VM. Level of Evidence 4.
AB - Objective Although ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMP) abnormalities have been associated with vestibular migraine (VM) in adults, no studies have evaluated this in pediatric patients with VM. oVEMP asymmetry with normal cervical VEMP (cVEMP) findings may be a reliable VM biomarker in adults. We characterize VEMP results among pediatric patients with VM and benign recurrent vertigo of childhood (BRVC), a migraine precursor, and compare these results with VEMP findings from pediatric patients with nonmigrainous vestibular diagnoses. Methods Four hundred seventy-four pediatric patients were evaluated over a 3-year period in a multidisciplinary pediatric vestibular clinic, 139 of whom met the inclusion criteria. Records were reviewed for history, audiometry, and vestibular testing results. VEMP testing was performed with a 500-Hz tone burst. Based on adult normative data, oVEMP asymmetry was defined as greater than 33% interaural difference; cVEMP asymmetry was defined as greater than 41%. Results Eighty subjects had VM or BRVC (mean [standard deviation] 12.8 [3.8] yr; range, 4.3-18.2 yr). Fifty-nine subjects received vestibular diagnoses other than VM or BRVC (nonmigrainous group; mean [standard deviation] age, 13.0 [3.6] yr; range, 5.14-18.9 yr). A greater proportion of the VM/BRVC group demonstrated oVEMP asymmetry with normal cVEMP as compared with the nonmigrainous group (22.5% versus 10.1%; p < 0.05). Zero subjects in the VM/BRVC group demonstrated cVEMP asymmetry versus three subjects (4.9%) of the nonmigrainous group. Conclusions VM and BRVC are notable causes of migraine-related vertigo among pediatric patients. Of VM/BRVC patients, 22.5% had oVEMP asymmetry with normal cVEMP. Similar to the adult VM population, this finding may be a useful biomarker in the right clinical setting for pediatric VM. Level of Evidence 4.
KW - Benign recurrent vertigo of childhood
KW - Pediatric vestibular disorders
KW - Vestibular migraine
KW - cVEMP
KW - oVEMP
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U2 - 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003865
DO - 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003865
M3 - Article
C2 - 37185160
AN - SCOPUS:85163325820
SN - 1531-7129
VL - 44
SP - 578
EP - 583
JO - Otology and Neurotology
JF - Otology and Neurotology
IS - 6
ER -