Vertigo in MS: utility of positional and particle repositioning maneuvers.
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.
Frohman
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Departments of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235, USA. efrohm@mednet.swmed.edu
Zhang
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Dewey
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Hawker
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Racke
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Frohman
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011187:Posture; D014717:Vertigo / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*