DIZZINESS: Vertigo

VERTIGO/DIZZINESS: Vertigo Vertigo/Dizziness True Vertigo: Illusion of Rotary Movement Dizziness: Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented True Vertigo Central Vestibular Dysfunction (Imbalance, neurologic symptoms/signs, bidirectional nystagmus) Infection Meningitis Cerebellar/Brainstem Abscess Inflammatory Multiple sclerosis Trauma Cerebellar Contusion Intoxication Barbiturates Ethanol Space-Occupying Lesion Infratentorial Tumors Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors Glomus Tumors Vascular Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency Basilar Artery Migraine Transient Ischemic Attack Cerebellar/Brainstem Infarction Cerebellar Hemorrhage Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction (Nausea and vomiting, auditory symptoms, unidirectional nystagmus) Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Labyrinthitis/Vestibular Neuronitis Ménière’s Disease Acoustic Neuroma Ototoxicity (usually imbalance and oscillopsia) Otitis Media Temporal Bone Fracture