Acute pure vertiginous dysequilibrium in cerebellar infarction.
A clinical example of an acute cerebellar infarct mimicking an acute end-organ labyrinthine disease is reported to foster general familiarity with the simulation of a benign disorder by a potentially serious one. The utility of certain neurologic findings in distinguishing a peripheral from a central vestibulo-cerebellar disorder is discussed.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*