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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Differential ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... Media • Temporal Bone ... /signs, bidirectional ... #Neurology #Differential
Migraine with Aura
Diagnostic Criteria (ICHD-3):
A) At least 2 attacks fulfilling criteria B and C:
B) One or
Aura Diagnostic Criteria ... attacks fulfilling criteria ... B and C: B) One ... • Brainstem: Vertigo ... Aura #diagnosis #criteria
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Long symptom-free ... the headache (in one ... varying neurologic signs ... or symptoms. ... #Causes #differential
Classic Findings During Hallpike Test in Posterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
 • Latency (delay
nystagmus and vertigo ... symptoms in head-hanging ... #dixhallpike #physicalexam ... testing #findings #signs ... #bppv #vertigo
Jones criteria for diagnosis of rheumatic fever 

Requirements for Diagnosis: Two major, or one major and
Jones criteria for ... Two major, or one ... and two minor, criteria ... #Major #Minor #Symptoms ... #Signs #Diagnosis
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
Peripheral and Central Vertigo ... PERIPHERAL VERTIGO ... Neuro Findings: None ... diagnosis #findings #signs ... #symptoms #comparison
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
3: Necrosis of bone ... destroying thin bony ... vomiting, dizziness, vertigo ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Tropheryma whipplei Symptoms ... and Signs: 1. ... Diagnostic Criteria ... - Either one of ... algorithm #management #criteria
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria ... weakness of more than one ... , Mild sensory symptoms ... or signs, Cranial ... nervous system signs
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
of dizziness or vertigo ... Timing of the symptom ... that provoke the symptom ... dizziness into one ... Dizziness #Algorithm #Differential