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Mal de Debarquement Syndrome: A Case Report
Mal de Debarquement syndrome (MdDS) is an uncommon neurological disorder seen in women, mostly in their fourth decade of life. It is characterized by a constant sensation of swaying or motion after one disembarks from a vehicle such as a ship or plane following a lengthy trip. These symptoms tempora...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6221536/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30430059 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3270 |
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author | Shankar Kikkeri, Nidhi Siddiqui, Junaid H |
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description | Mal de Debarquement syndrome (MdDS) is an uncommon neurological disorder seen in women, mostly in their fourth decade of life. It is characterized by a constant sensation of swaying or motion after one disembarks from a vehicle such as a ship or plane following a lengthy trip. These symptoms temporarily subside when the patient is subjected again to passive motion like driving a car. There are no definitive diagnostic tests for Mal de Débarquement syndrome. It is a diagnosis of exclusion and does not have an effective treatment. The symptoms usually resolve spontaneously in about a year. We report a case of a 47-year-old female who presented with a feeling of imbalance following about a four-week cruise, which temporarily subsides during a bicycle ride or a car drive. We report this case, as this condition may not be well-known and probably under-reported. Prospective travelers should be warned and patients can perhaps be cautiously reassured. |
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spelling | pubmed-62215362018-11-14 Mal de Debarquement Syndrome: A Case Report Shankar Kikkeri, Nidhi Siddiqui, Junaid H Cureus Internal Medicine Mal de Debarquement syndrome (MdDS) is an uncommon neurological disorder seen in women, mostly in their fourth decade of life. It is characterized by a constant sensation of swaying or motion after one disembarks from a vehicle such as a ship or plane following a lengthy trip. These symptoms temporarily subside when the patient is subjected again to passive motion like driving a car. There are no definitive diagnostic tests for Mal de Débarquement syndrome. It is a diagnosis of exclusion and does not have an effective treatment. The symptoms usually resolve spontaneously in about a year. We report a case of a 47-year-old female who presented with a feeling of imbalance following about a four-week cruise, which temporarily subsides during a bicycle ride or a car drive. We report this case, as this condition may not be well-known and probably under-reported. Prospective travelers should be warned and patients can perhaps be cautiously reassured. Cureus 2018-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6221536/ /pubmed/30430059 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3270 Text en Copyright © 2018, Shankar Kikkeri et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Shankar Kikkeri, Nidhi Siddiqui, Junaid H Mal de Debarquement Syndrome: A Case Report |
title | Mal de Debarquement Syndrome: A Case Report |
title_full | Mal de Debarquement Syndrome: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Mal de Debarquement Syndrome: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Mal de Debarquement Syndrome: A Case Report |
title_short | Mal de Debarquement Syndrome: A Case Report |
title_sort | mal de debarquement syndrome: a case report |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6221536/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30430059 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3270 |
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