Clinical impact of hyperbaric oxygen therapy combined with steroid treatment for sudden sensorineural hearing loss: A case-control study.

Objectives: The aim of present study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) as a primary therapy combined with standard systemic corticosteroid treatment for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) compared to treatment without the use of HBOT (non-HBOT) through clinical data and advanced analytical approaches.

Study Design: Case-control study.

Methods: Conducted across three Japanese medical centers involving 298 SSNHL patients diagnosed between 2020 and 2023.

Age-related differences in the characteristics of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness.

Objective: To investigate differences in the clinical characteristics of patients with persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) according to age.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 143 patients diagnosed with PPPD. Patients were classified into three groups by age: young group (19 to 44 years,  = 60), middle-age group (45 to 64 years,  = 56), old group (65 to 85 years,  = 27).

A case of prosthetic valve endocarditis and aortic abscess due to Bacillus cereus.

is commonly found in the environment and is often considered a blood culture contaminant. However, in patients with specific risk factors such as intravenous drug use, central venous access catheters, immunosuppression, or prosthetic valves, can cause severe infections. Herein, we present a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) caused by in an 84-year-old woman with a history of aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis five years earlier.

Paget-Schroetter syndrome occurring in the nondominant hand.

Paget-Schroetter syndrome is the primary thrombotic event associated with venous thoracic outlet syndrome. It needs to be suspected when encountering localized brachial swelling and a dilated vein in patients with a history of upper limb exercise.

A case of left leg necrotizing fasciitis caused by in a healthy Japanese man.

•We experienced a case of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) due to Group A streptococcus in a healthy Japanese man.•Cutaneous manifestations with NF can be initially minimal.•It is important to recognize that one of the characteristic symptoms of NF is severe pain out of proportion.

Presence of corrective saccades in patients with normal vestibulo-ocular reflex gain in video head impulse test.

Background: The video head impulse test (vHIT) is a valuable clinical tool that can help identify dysfunction of the semicircular canals. While in cases with semicircular canal dysfunction, both decreased vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain and corrective saccades (CS) are usually observed, there are cases which show CS despite normal VOR gain in vHIT.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of patients who showed CS with normal VOR gain in vHIT.

Assessment of semicircular canal function in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo using the video head impulse test and caloric test.

Objective: To assess semicircular canal function in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) using the video head impulse test (vHIT) and caloric test.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 39 patients with idiopathic BPPV who underwent both vHIT and the caloric test. Twenty-one patients had posterior BPPV (p-BPPV) and eighteen had horizontal BPPV (h-BPPV).

Acute vestibulopathy with simultaneous bilateral involvement of the vestibulo-ocular reflex limited to the low-frequency range.

We report a novel type of idiopathic bilateral vestibulopathy with acute simultaneous involvement of the vestibulo-ocular reflex limited to the low-frequency range. A 64-year-old female presented with dizziness, oscillopsia, and difficulty walking. She did not experience rotatory vertigo and did not show any nystagmus.