Superior semicircular canal dehiscence presenting with recurrent positional vertigo.

Neurology

From the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (A.S.Y., M.S.W.), Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, NSW; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (B.M.), Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, QLD; Ear (D.V.P.), Nose & Throat Surgery, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW; Ear (D.V.P.), Nose & Throat Surgery, Institute of Academic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; and Radiology (J.M.), Department of Clinical Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Published: December 2019

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