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Chronic vestibular syndromes: differential diagnoses

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Open Access: Yes


Van Stiphout, L., Szmulewicz, D. J., Guinand, N., Fornos, A. P., Van Rompaey, V., & Van De Berg, R. (2023). Bilateral vestibulopathy: a clinical update and proposed diagnostic algorithm. Frontiers in Neurology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1308485

Link
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2023.1308485/full

Description
This article provides a diagnostic algorithm for patients with bilateral vestibulopathy

Keywords
bilateral, bilateral vestibulopathy, vestibular loss, vestibular areflexia, vestibular hypofunction, diagnosis, diagnostic algorithm

Reviewer
Raymond van de Berg

Topics

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Ototoxic drugs: e.g. aminoglycosides, minocycline, aspirin/naproxen, loop-diuretics, cisplatin/carboplatin, amiodarone, vancomycin, etc.
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-  -  -  -  -  Deficiencies: vitamine B12, folate
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-  -  -  -  -  Hypothyrodism
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-  -  -  -  -  Intoxication by solvents (styrene and toluene)
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-  -  -  -  Infectious / inflammatory (sequelae of)

Open Access: Yes


Strupp, M., Bisdorff, A., Furman, J., Hornibrook, J., Jahn, K., Maire, R., Newman-Toker, D., & Magnusson, M. (2022). Acute unilateral vestibulopathy/vestibular neuritis: Diagnostic criteria. Journal of Vestibular Research, 32(5), 389–406. https://doi.org/10.3233/ves-220201

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https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vestibular-research/ves220201

Description
This article describes the diagnostic criteria for Acute Unilateral Vestibulopathy/Vestibular Neuritis

Keywords
diagnosis, diagnostic, criteria, acute, vertigo, neuritis, unilateral, vestibulopathy, unsteadiness, hemorrhage, neurology, neurological, hemiparesis, sensory loss, dysarthria, dysphagia, truncal ataxia, ataxia, postural instability, central, oculomotor abnormalities, impaired smooth pursuit, vascular, ABCD2 score, spontaneous, dizziness, focal, HINTS, gaze-evoked, skew deviation,vertebrobasilar, stroke, TIA, infarct, ocular tilt reaction, OTR, VOR, vestibulo-ocular reflex, HIT, head impulse, head thrust, vestibulopathy, vestibular loss, hypofunction, areflexia

Reviewer
Raymond van de Berg

Topics

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Open Access: Yes


Strupp, M., Bisdorff, A., Furman, J., Hornibrook, J., Jahn, K., Maire, R., Newman-Toker, D., & Magnusson, M. (2022). Acute unilateral vestibulopathy/vestibular neuritis: Diagnostic criteria. Journal of Vestibular Research, 32(5), 389–406. https://doi.org/10.3233/ves-220201

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https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vestibular-research/ves220201

Description
This article describes the diagnostic criteria for Acute Unilateral Vestibulopathy/Vestibular Neuritis

Keywords
diagnosis, diagnostic, criteria, acute, vertigo, neuritis, unilateral, vestibulopathy, unsteadiness, hemorrhage, neurology, neurological, hemiparesis, sensory loss, dysarthria, dysphagia, truncal ataxia, ataxia, postural instability, central, oculomotor abnormalities, impaired smooth pursuit, vascular, ABCD2 score, spontaneous, dizziness, focal, HINTS, gaze-evoked, skew deviation,vertebrobasilar, stroke, TIA, infarct, ocular tilt reaction, OTR, VOR, vestibulo-ocular reflex, HIT, head impulse, head thrust, vestibulopathy, vestibular loss, hypofunction, areflexia

Reviewer
Raymond van de Berg

Topics

-  -  -  -  -  Varicella-zoster infection (Ramsey-Hunt syndrome)
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-  -  -  -  -  Meningitis
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-  -  -  -  -  Syphilis
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-  -  -  -  -  Behçet’s disease
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-  -  -  -  -  Lyme's disease (Borrelia)
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-  -  -  -  -  Cytomegalo infection
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-  -  -  -  Genetic
-  -  -  -  -  DFNA-9, DFNA-11, DFNA-15, DFNB-4
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-  -  -  -  -  Mutation chromosome 5q, 6q, 11q, 22q
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-  -  -  -  Vascular
-  -  -  -  -  Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia
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-  -  -  -  Trauma
-  -  -  -  -  Barotrauma (including blast explosure)
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-  -  -  -  -  Traumatic vestibular loss after head injury
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Open Access: Yes


Lopez-Escamez, J. A., Carey, J., Chung, W., Goebel, J. A., Magnusson, M., Mandalà, M., Newman-Toker, D. E., Strupp, M., Suzuki, M., Trabalzini, F., & Bisdorff, A. (2015). Diagnostic criteria for Menière’s disease. Journal of Vestibular Research, 25(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.3233/ves-150549

Link
https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vestibular-research/ves00549

Description
This article describes the diagnostic criteria for Menière's disease

Keywords
Menière's disease, Menière, episodic, attack, vertigo, tinnitus, aural pressure, hearing, hearing loss, sensorineural, diagnostic, criteria, diagnosis

Reviewer
Raymond van de Berg

Topics

-  -  -  -  -  Iatrogenic (e.g. cochlear implantation)
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-  -  -  -  Other ear pathology
-  -  -  -  -  Otosclerosis
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-  -  -  -  -  Cholesteatoma
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-  -  -  -  -  Vestibular atelectasis
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-  -  -  -  -  Sequelae of otitis media and mastoiditis
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-  -  -  -  Congenital
-  -  -  -  -  CHARGE
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-  -  -  -  -  Usher
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-  -  -  -  -  Turner
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-  -  -  -  -  Alport's syndrome
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-  -  -  -  -  Inner ear malformations (spectrum from aplasia, hypoplasia, Michel and incomplete partition types, enlarged vestibular aqueduct, etc.)
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Open Access: Yes


Agrawal, Y., Van De Berg, R., Wuyts, F., Walther, L., Magnusson, M., Oh, E., Sharpe, M., & Strupp, M. (2019). Presbyvestibulopathy: Diagnostic criteria Consensus document of the classification committee of the Bárány Society. Journal of Vestibular Research, 29(4), 161–170. https://doi.org/10.3233/ves-190672

Link
https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vestibular-research/ves190672

Description
This article describes the diagnostic criteria for presbyvestibulopathy

Keywords
diagnostic, diagnosis, criteria, presbyvestibulopathy, presbyvertigo, chronic, elderly, presbyequilibrium, age-related, presbystasis,

Reviewer
Raymond van de Berg

Topics

-  -  -  -  Superficial siderosis
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-  -  -  Degenerative
-  -  -  -  Cerebellar ataxias, including:
-  -  -  -  -  Nutritional Ataxia syndromes (B1, B12, E and folate deficiency)
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-  -  -  -  -  Paraneoplastic ataxia
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-  -  -  -  -  Creutzfeldt Jakob
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-  -  -  -  -  Hereditary ataxias
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-  -  -  -  -  Ataxia telangiectasia
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-  -  -  -  Parkinsonian syndromes (incl. Parkinson, PSP, MSA)
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-  -  -  -  CANVAS
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-  -  -  -  Demyelinating diseases (including multiple sclerosis)
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-  -  -  -  Dementias
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-  -  -  Central positional vertigo
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-  -  -  Functional vestibular disorders

Open Access: Yes


Staab, J. P., Eckhardt-Henn, A., Horii, A., Jacob, R., Strupp, M., Brandt, T., & Bronstein, A. (2017). Diagnostic criteria for persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD): Consensus document of the committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society. Journal of Vestibular Research, 27(4), 191–208. https://doi.org/10.3233/ves-1706229

Link
https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vestibular-research/ves622

Description
This article describes the diagnostic criteria for Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD)

Keywords
PPPD, 3PD, persistent, postural, perceptual, dizziness, functional, psychosomatic, conversion, depression, anxiety, chronic, comorbidity, diagnostic, criteria, diagnosis, attack, visually induced, visual vertigo, supermarket effect

Reviewer
Raymond van de Berg

Topics

Open Access: Yes


Cha, Y., Baloh, R. W., Cho, C., Magnusson, M., Song, J., Strupp, M., Wuyts, F., & Staab, J. P. (2020). Mal de débarquement syndrome diagnostic criteria: Consensus document of the Classification Committee of the Bárány Society. Journal of Vestibular Research, 30(5), 285–293. https://doi.org/10.3233/ves-200714

Link
https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vestibular-research/ves200714

Description
This article describes the diagnostic criteria for Mal de Débarquement Syndrome (MDDS)

Keywords
Mal de Dèbarquement, diagnosis, diagnostic, criteria, chronic, haptic, oscillatory, rocking, bobbing, swaying, passive motion, boat, airplane, train, functional, automobile

Reviewer
Raymond van de Berg

Topics

-  -  -  Psychiatric disorders in Vestibular Medicine
-  -  -  -  Depression
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-  -  -  -  Depression complicating chronic vestibular syndrome
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-  -  -  -  Anxiety disorders
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-  -  -  -  Fear of falling
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-  -  -  Post stroke
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-  -  -  Post concussion
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-  -  -  Disorders of ocular fusion
-  -  -  -  Vergence insufficiency
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-  -  -  -  Maladaptation to refractory corrections
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-  -  -  -  Strabism
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-  -  -  -  Oculomotor palsies
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-  -  -  Dysautonomia
-  -  -  -  Primary autonomic neuropathy
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Open Access: Yes


Kim, H. A., Bisdorff, A., Bronstein, A. M., Lempert, T., Rossi-Izquierdo, M., Staab, J. P., Strupp, M., & Kim, J. (2019). Hemodynamic orthostatic dizziness/vertigo: Diagnostic criteria. Journal of Vestibular Research, 29(2–3), 45–56. https://doi.org/10.3233/ves-190655

Link
https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vestibular-research/ves190655

Description
This article describes the diagnostic criteria for hemodynamic orthostatic dizziness/vertigo

Keywords
diagnostic, diagnosis, criteria, hemodynamic, orthostatic, POTS, vertigo, episodic, attack, blood pressure, hypotension, presyncope, presyncopal, systolic, diastolic, vasovagal

Reviewer
Raymond van de Berg

Topics

-  -  -  -  Multisystem Atrophy
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-  -  -  -  Anti-Ganglionic- Ach receptor antibody syndrome
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-  -  -  -  Polyneuropathy with autonomic features
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-  -  -  Malformations of bone and skull base
-  -  -  -  Chiari malformation
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-  -  -  -  Syringomyelia
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-  -  -  -  Syringobulbia
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-  -  -  -  Fibrous dysplasia
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-  -  -  -  Paget's disease
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-  -  -  Motion-induced related

Open Access: Yes


Cha, Y., Golding, J. F., Keshavarz, B., Furman, J., Kim, J., Lopez-Escamez, J. A., Magnusson, M., Yates, B. J., & Lawson, B. D. (2021). Motion sickness diagnostic criteria: Consensus Document of the Classification Committee of the Bárány Society. Journal of Vestibular Research, 31(5), 327–344. https://doi.org/10.3233/ves-200005

Link
https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vestibular-research/ves200005

Description
This article describes the diagnostic criteria for Motion Sickness

Keywords
diagnosis, criteria, diagnostic, chronic, motion, sickness, visual, passive, boat, train, airplane, transportation, visual, MSD, VIMSD, VIMS, visually induced

Reviewer
Raymond van de Berg

Topics

Open Access: Yes


Cha, Y., Golding, J. F., Keshavarz, B., Furman, J., Kim, J., Lopez-Escamez, J. A., Magnusson, M., Yates, B. J., & Lawson, B. D. (2021). Motion sickness diagnostic criteria: Consensus Document of the Classification Committee of the Bárány Society. Journal of Vestibular Research, 31(5), 327–344. https://doi.org/10.3233/ves-200005

Link
https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vestibular-research/ves200005

Description
This article describes the diagnostic criteria for Motion Sickness

Keywords
diagnosis, criteria, diagnostic, chronic, motion, sickness, visual, passive, boat, train, airplane, transportation, visual, MSD, VIMSD, VIMS, visually induced

Reviewer
Raymond van de Berg

Topics

-  -  -  Third Window syndromes:

Open Access: Yes


Ward, B. K., Van De Berg, R., Van Rompaey, V., Bisdorff, A., Hullar, T. E., Welgampola, M. S., & Carey, J. P. (2021). Superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome: Diagnostic criteria consensus document of the committee for the classification of vestibular disorders of the Bárány Society. Journal of Vestibular Research, 31(3), 131–141. https://doi.org/10.3233/ves-200004

Link
https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vestibular-research/ves200004

Description
This article describes the diagnostic criteria for Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence Syndrome

Keywords
diagnosis, diagnostic, criteria, episodic, superior canal, SCD, SCDS SSCD, dehiscence, fistula, perilymphatic, hyperacusis, sound-induced, time-locked, pressure-induced, pressure, Tullio, pulsatile tinnitus, third window, third mobile window, VEMP, vestibular evoked myogenic, autophony, borborygmi

Reviewer
Raymond van de Berg

Topics

-  -  -  -  Enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome
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-  -  -  -  Perilymphatic fistula
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-  -  -  Tumor
-  -  -  -  Intralabyrinthine schwannomas
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-  -  -  -  Endolymphatic sac tumors
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-  -  -  -  Vestibular schwannoma (including NF2)
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-  -  -  -  Neoplasms: e.g. astrocytomas, medulloblastoma, metastases, glioma
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-  -  -  -  Meningiomas
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-  -  -  -  Epidermoid cyst
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-  -  -  -  Paraneoplastic
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-  -  -  -  Glomus tumor
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-  -  -  -  Von Hippel Lindau disease
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-  -  -  Intoxication
-  -  -  -  Heavy metals
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-  -  -  -  Quinism
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-  -  -  Hydrocephalus (including normal pressure hydrocephalus)
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-  -  -  Polyneuropathy
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Sequelae of radiation therapy
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