title: Is benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood a migraine precursor?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Benign Paroxysmal Vertigo of Childhood (BPVC) is a common cause of vertigo in children and it is characterized by recurrent attacks of vertigo without warning resolving spontaneously after minutes to hours. It has been considered the equivalent of migraine in childhood.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-seven patients diagnosed with BPVC were recruited between 1991 and 1997 with a follow up of at least 15 years. The incidence of migraine, inner ear disorders and family medical history is analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average age for the onset of the attacks of BPVC was 3 years and 11 months, and for spontaneous resolution, it was around 5 years and 7 months. The average age for follow up was 18 years. Nine patients developed migraine during adulthood. Nineteen of them had a family history of migraine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We have observed that the prevalence of migraine in patients that had been diagnosed with BPVC is higher than in the general population, which leads us to propose BPVC as a precursor of migraine during childhood.
authors: Otoneurology Unit, ENT Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, IBSAL, Spain. abatuc@yahoo.es
authors: Angel
authors: A
authors: Batuecas-Caletrío
authors: Víctor
authors: V
authors: Martín-Sánchez
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Cordero-Civantos
authors: Luís
authors: L
authors: Guardado-Sánchez
authors: María Rey
authors: MR
authors: Marcos
authors: Aranzazu Hernández
authors: AH
authors: Fabián
authors: José Javier
authors: JJ
authors: Benito González
authors: Santiago
authors: S
authors: Santa Cruz-Ruiz
mesh_terms: D065635:Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014717:Vertigo / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*