DIZZINESS-CAUSES OF VERTIGO

SUMMARY

PERIPHERAL
1. Labyrinthine (canalicular) lesions: BPPV, motion sickness, acute labyrinthitis, streptomycin toxicity, Menier's disease.

2. Vestibular lesions: vestibular neuronitis, many of the causes of nerve deafness.

CENTRAL
3. Brainstem lesions: tumors of the cerebellum and IV ventricle, demyelination (MS), migraine, vascular lesions.

4. Temporal lobe lesions: complex partial seizures, ischaemia.

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