Pediatric vestibulopathy and pseudovestibulopathy: differential diagnosis and management.
OBJECTIVE
Evaluation of children with vestibular complaints may be challenging. The approach to these patients is often quite different than the approach to adults with similar complaints. This review will discuss the evaluation of pediatric vestibular disease with an emphasis on recent evidence in the literature


RESULTS
Recent evidence has elucidated the most common etiologies of vertigo in children, documented the utility and feasibility of objective diagnostic testing such as electronystagmography and vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in this population, and demonstrated the efficacy of new therapies such as rizatriptan for the treatment of migraine in children.


CONCLUSIONS
An evidence-based approach to the evaluation of pediatric vestibular dysfunction may improve diagnostic yield and facilitate timely initiation of appropriate therapy.
Worden
Brian F
BF
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, California 94305-5739, USA.
Blevins
Nikolas H
NH
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D038781:Otoscopy; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests