Intractable vertigo--when not to operate.
Patients with episodic vertigo--or one severe episode of vertigo--may respond to vestibulosuppressive medications or operations on the labyrinth. In patients with constant incapacitating vertigo or disequilibrium, the clinician should suspect nonlabyrinthine disease. A careful history and physical and neurologic examinations will provide clues to underlying disease and direct the selection of further objective tests.
D000328:Adult; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007759:Labyrinth Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*