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Pediatric vestibulopathy and pseudovestibulopathy: differential diagnosis and management.

Worden BF, Blevins NH

Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, California 94305-5739, USA.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Evaluation of children with vestibular complaints may be challenging. The approach to these patients is often quite different than the approach to adults with similar complaints. This review will discuss the evaluation of pediatric vestibular disease with an emphasis on recent evidence in the literature RECENT FINDINGS: Recent evidence has elucidated the most common etiologies of vertigo in children, documented the utility and feasibility of objective diagnostic testing such as electronystagmography and vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in this population, and demonstrated the efficacy of new therapies such as rizatriptan for the treatment of migraine in children. SUMMARY: An evidence-based approach to the evaluation of pediatric vestibular dysfunction may improve diagnostic yield and facilitate timely initiation of appropriate therapy.

Published 7 September 2007 in Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 15(5): 304-9.
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