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Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
Dizziness - Central ... Meniere’s • Labyrinthitis ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... @AmyChung #Dizziness
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Vertigo:
 • Peripheral: Labyrinthitis, BPPV, Meniere's disease, Alternobaric
 • Central: CVA/TIA -
Dizziness - Differential ... • Peripheral: Labyrinthitis ... Chiefs @jmcchiefs #Dizziness
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Algorithm for Dizziness ... Vestibular neuritis/labyrinthitis ... hearing loss (labyrinthitis ... intervals #Dizziness
Labyrinthitis 
Vestibular neuritis + unilateral hearing loss = Labyrinthitis 
1) Vertigo (severe) 
2) Gait instability 
3)
Labyrinthitis ... hearing loss = Labyrinthitis ... hearing loss Clinical ... head thrust #Labyrinthitis
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... Positional Vertigo • Labrynthitis ... Hemorrhage #Dizzy #Dizziness
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis ... patient with a clinical ... VESTIBULAR NEURITIS/LABYRINTHITIS ... hearing loss in labyrinthitis ... patient with a clinical
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
evaluation of dizziness ... and evolution of dizziness ... ) that provoke dizziness ... categorize the dizziness ... into one of three clinical
Differential Diagnosis of Syncope
First, is it syncope? History is very important for distinguishing syncope from other
causes (seizure, dizziness ... Ask about precipitating
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
Pathogenesis and clinical ... round window -> Labyrinthitis ... nausea, vomiting, dizziness
Clarke's Test (Patellar Grind Test)

Indicates Patellofemoral dysfunction.
 - Patient with knee in extension. Push posterior on
of patella then ask ... Patellar #Grind #clinical ... Patellofemoral #msk