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  • Title: [Benign paroxysmal vertigo in childhood].
    Author: Pérez Plasencia D, Beltrán Mateos LD, del Cañizo Alvarez A, Sancipriano JA, Calvo Boizas E, Benito González JJ.
    Journal: Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp; 1998 Mar; 49(2):151-5. PubMed ID: 9650315.
    Abstract:
    Benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood is a clinical disorder that usually begins at age 4. The child's otoneurological examination is normal in the intercrisis and the brief episodes of true vertigo are typical. In this paper we describe six new cases that had a follow-up of at least one year after diagnosis. Only a few of the patients had demonstrated vasomotor migraine, but all the children had a family history of migraine, which supports the hypothesis that this disorder is a migraine equivalent. The pathogenesis may be related with a transitory vascular disturbance that produces ischemia of the vestibular nuclei and pathways, as occurs in other vascular territories during typical migraine. One longer-than-usual episode is reported. Otherwise, the evolution of this condition is favorable.
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