Migrainous Vertigo

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Migrainous Vertigo

Thomas Lempert, MD, Hannelore Neuhauser, MD

"That migraine may manifest with attacks of vertigo has been known since the early days of neurology [2,3], but systematic studies have been undertaken only in the past two decades, starting with Kayan and Hood’s classic paper [4]. The clinical features of the syndrome have been well delineated in several large case series [5–14], but knowledge of the pathophysiology and treatment of migrainous vertigo (MV) is scarce. As MV is an evolving entity, it is not surprising that terminology is confusing and that generally accepted diagnostic criteria are lacking. Various terms, including migraine-associated vertigo, migraine-associated dizziness, migraine-related vestibulopathy, vestibular migraine, benign recurrent vertigo, and basilar migraine, all have been applied to approximately the same patient population."

http://www.mvertigo.org/articles/Migrainous_Vertigo.pdf