離島検診における眩暈症 (前庭機能異常の研究-3-<特集>)

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The population of six towns located on Tsushima, a remote, isolated island is about 52, 000 and clinical consultation and medical examination were made in the summers from 1977 to 1982 by a medical team from Fukuoka University. Sensory deafness including presbyacusis, chronic middle ear infection, chronic sinusitis and laryngopharygeal neurosis were the most frequent symptoms in the E N T patients. Three patients suffering from tumors of the cerebellopontine angle, esophagus and middle ear (glomus jugular tumor) were found and treated in the Fukuoka University Hospital.Twenty-four patients with vertiginous attacks were examined and 15 were diagnosed as having Meniere's disease and nine, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Most of the 24 individuals who complained of vertigo, were considered to require further, continued medical care. The morbidity here was higher than other areas of this country. The urgent necessity of establishing a better means of care for the islanders is strongly emphasized by the author.
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