Migraine and vertigo: a marriage of convenience?
"Migraine associated vertigo" is emerging as a popular diagnosis for patients with recurrent vertigo. However, in view of our current understanding of both migraine and vertigo, "migraine associated vertigo," in contrast to basilar artery migraine, is neither clinically nor biologically plausible as a migraine variant.
Phillips
John
J
Neurotology Unit, Division of Otolaryngology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Longridge
Neil
N
Mallinson
Arthur
A
Robinson
Gordon
G
D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*