Vol.95 No.2 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 95 No. 2 February 2002
Vertigo Attacks after Drinking Alcohol; Report of a Case Recorded
by Electronystagmography
Michiko Kachi and Tsutomu Nakashima
(Nagoya University)
It is well known that nystagmus appears even in normal people after drinking alcohol, and this is called positional alcohol nystagmus (PAN). However, there have been few reports in which actual nystagmus was recorded after drinking alcohol in patients with inner ear diseases. Here we report a patient who developed vertigo after drinking, which was recorded on an electronystagmogram during the alcohol loading test.
Key words : vertigo, drinking, alcohol, nystagmus