[Vertigo secondary to periaqueductal syndrome].
We present a clinical case of extrinsic periaqueductal syndrome caused by an epidermoid cyst in the pineal gland. This is a unusual disorder and those localized in the epiphysis are extremely rare. A bibliographic review of the incidence, clinical aspects, diagnosis and therapy is carried out in this article.
Balderrama-Caballero
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Servicio de ORL, Complejo Hospitalario Llerena-Zafra Badajoz.
Dreier Spikernagel
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Mata Peñuela
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D000293:Adolescent; D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response; D002150:Caloric Tests; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D004584:Electronystagmography; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*