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Vertigo

• Vestibular/otologic
  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
  • Traumatic (following head injury)
  • Infection
    • Labyrinthitis
    • Vestibular Neuritis (Neuronitis)
    • Ramsay Hunt syndrome
• Syndrome
  • Meniere's disease
  • Neoplastic
  • Vascular
  • Otosclerosis
  • Paget disease
  • Toxic or drug-induced: aminoglycosides
• Neurologic
  • Vertebrobasilar insufficiency
    • Head turning causes vertigo, diplopia, dysarthria, b/l loss of vision, syncope
  • Lateral Wallenberg syndrome
  • Anterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome
  • Neoplastic: cerebellopontine angle tumors
  • Cerebellar disorders: hemorrhage, degeneration
  • Basal ganglion diseases
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Infections: neurosyphilis, tuberculosis
  • Epilepsy
  • Migraine (basilar)
  • Cerebrovascular disease
• General
  • Hematologic: anemia, polycythemia, hyperviscosity syndrome
  • Toxic: alcohol
  • Chronic renal failure
  • Metabolic
    • Thyroid Disease
    • Hypoglycemia