title: [Vertigoes in E.N.T].
abstract: Vertigoes represent 5% of GP consultations. We thus often deal with complaints from vestibular origin. The starting point of this text is the word "vertigo or instability" as well as a targeted anamnesis allowing a general approach leading to a precise clinical examination and thus to a diagnosis of most commonly encountered E.N.T. pathologies. The anamnesis, the oto-neurological test and the treatment(s) will be further developed. Willingly the complementary tests performed in the E.N.T. unit have been skipped and we will keep the focus on the anamnesis and the clinical examination that can be can performed in your practice or at patient's house. The main overviewed pathologies will be: paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular hypofunction, Meniere's disease and dizziness in the elderly. This paper will allow to identify the many vestibular pathologies more easily.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles. josiane.haegeman@skynet.be
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haegeman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003939:Diagnostic Techniques, Otological; D006801:Humans; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests