title: [Clinical features of 168 patients with vertigo].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical characteristics and common etiology of vertigo.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 168 patients with vertigo in the department of otolaryngolology and neurology from December 2007 to March 2009 were retrospectively analyzed The patients were inquired and examined by pure tone average thresholds, videonystagmography, Dix-Hallpike test, cervical spine X-ray, skull CT and (or) MRI and transcranial Doppler.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and thirty-four patients with vertigo were of peripheral origin, with 66 cases benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, 30 cases Meniere's disease, 24 cases sudden deafness, 5 cases vestibular neuritis, 5 cases otitis media ,2 cases ear herpes zosters and 2 cases ototoxicity. Among 26 patients with vertigo of central, 20 patients were vertebrobasilar TIA.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most common etiology of the vestibular peripheral vertigo is the benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Detailed history and the features of vertigo, particular about the duration of vertigo and hearing change, may provide the important evidences for the accurate diagnosis and differential diagnosis of vertigo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Hospital of Hainan, Haikou 570311, China.
authors.forename: Zhibin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Zhonglin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Juntao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yangfeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ou
authors.forename: Weijia
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004584:Electronystagmography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult