Vertigo in children: differential diagnosis and treatment.
A study of vertigo in 50 children showed that a careful neurological examination should be performed for all patients. A detailed family and personal history to find possible episodes of loss of consciousness or seizures should be obtained; 13 children with vertiginous seizures had a positive family history for seizures and 5 had febrile seizures in infancy. Electroencephalograms should be obtained in all instances of vertigo occurrence.
D000293:Adolescent; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002150:Caloric Tests; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004584:Electronystagmography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests
D000927:Anticonvulsants