Incidence and localizing value of vertigo and dizziness in patients with epilepsy: Video-EEG monitoring study

Vertigo and dizziness are common neurological complaints with a lifetime prevalence of 20%-30% in the general population, and it accounts for approximately 3.5% of the patients who visited an emergency room (Crespi, 2004; Neuhauser et al., 2008). The differential diagnosis in patients with vertigo includes various peripheral causes, including benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular neuritis, and Meni ère disease, but several central causes should be considered, such as cerebrovascular diseases, vestibular migraine, and epilepsy-related vertigo, because the presence of central causes may be life-threatening and require emergency management (Karatas, 2008).
Source: Epilepsy Research - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Short communication Source Type: research