abstract: While an acute loss of unilateral vestibular function (for example in case of neuritis vestibularis or temporal bone fracture) leads to long-term vertigo, this paper deals with the phenomenon of episodic vertigo (duration: seconds up to hours).Both peripheral-vestibular and central disturbances can be responsible for this symptom. The aim of this paper is to present otological and neurological diseases which can lead to episodic attacks of vertigo.
authors.affiliation: Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik des Universitätsklinikums Münster, Münster. schmael.hno@uni-muenster.de.|HNO-Klinik des Universitätsklinikums Münster, Kardinal-von-Galen-Ring 10, 48129 , Münster. schmael.hno@uni-muenster.de.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schmäl
authors.affiliation: Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik des Universitätsklinikums Münster, Münster.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stoll
keywords: Ataxia; Attacks of vertigo; Balance disorders; Dizziness