title: Vertigo in MS: utility of positional and particle repositioning maneuvers.
abstract: A 4-year experience with new-onset vertigo in a university-based MS population was retrospectively reviewed. Of 1,153 patients with MS, 25 could be clinically evaluated during the vertiginous episode. Of these, 13 (52%) were diagnosed with benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo and eight (32%) had acute MS exacerbations with corresponding lesions within the brainstem. All patients diagnosed with benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo were treated successfully with particle repositioning maneuvers.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235, USA. efrohm@mednet.swmed.edu
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Frohman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Dewey
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Hawker
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Racke
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Frohman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011187:Posture; D014717:Vertigo / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*