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Positional Vertigo and Nystagmus of Central Origin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

P. Watson ,
H.O. Barber ,
J. Deck  and
K. Terbrugge
P. Watson*
Affiliation:
Mississauga, Sunnybrook and Toronto Western Hospitals and Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto
H.O. Barber*
Affiliation:
Mississauga, Sunnybrook and Toronto Western Hospitals and Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto
J. Deck*
Affiliation:
Mississauga, Sunnybrook and Toronto Western Hospitals and Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto
K. Terbrugge*
Affiliation:
Mississauga, Sunnybrook and Toronto Western Hospitals and Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto
*
3025 Huromario Street, #504, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, 1.5A 2111
3025 Huromario Street, #504, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, 1.5A 2111
3025 Huromario Street, #504, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, 1.5A 2111
3025 Huromario Street, #504, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, 1.5A 2111
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Four cases are described illustrating the clinical features of positional vertigo and nystagmus due to posterior fossa tumors and a case of obstructive hydrocephalus. In these cases positional vertigo was the first and only presenting symptom of central nervous system disease. One case of subependymoma of the fourth ventricle and one with hydrocephalus had characteristic symptoms of benign positional vertigo; each showed positional nystagmus of the benign paroxysmal type.

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , May 1981 , pp. 133 - 137
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1981

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