Vertigo in the Field of Neurosurgery |
Eun-Jeong Koh, Ha-Young Choi, Jong-Myong Lee |
Department of Neurosurgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School Hospital, Jeonju, Korea |
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Abstract |
Vertigo is a commonly met symptom from general physicians to specialist. Except peripheral vertigo as like benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular neuritis, Meniere’ diseases, diagnosis of other syndromes of vertigo is obscure and difficult. Migrainous
vertigo and vestibular paroxysmia are confounded with migraine and Meniere’s disease. Cerebrovascular disorders are presented
vertigo as its first symptom in 3 to 7%. Cerebellar, brainstem, and genetic disease are also associated with vertigo. We describe
the clinical syndromes of vertigo, pathophysiology of them, and treatment based on journal review. |
Key Words:
Migrainous vertigo, Vestibular paroxysmia, Down beat nystagmus, Upbeat nystagmus, Episodic ataxia type 2, Phobic postural vertigo, Cerebrovascular disease. |
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