Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection mimicking acute vertigo. Case report.
A patient with acute vertigo, and normal findings on neurologic examination, was found to have vertebral artery dissection (VAD). This case shows that the clinical picture of VAD can mimic vertigo of labyrinthine (i.e, peripheral) origin.
Braverman
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Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
River
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Rappaport
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Eliashar
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Elidan
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020217:Vertebral Artery Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis*