vertigo

Question 1

Turn head then after a few second delay vertigo w/ nystagmus occurs and resolves in 1 min; episodic

Answer 1

BPPV

Question 2

Healthy young to middle aged adults; after URI; acute unilateral loss of peripheral vestibular fxn

Answer 2

labyrinthitis; vestibular neuronitis

Question 3

menieres disease triad

Answer 3

1. vertigo
2. tinnitus
3. hearing loss (sensorineural)

Question 4

tx of menieres disease

Answer 4

vestibular suppressants

Question 5

well defined vertigo episodes ranging from 20 min-25 hr, frequent N/V, vestibular nystagmus, deafness

Answer 5

meniere’s disease

Question 6

which vertigo disease can be tx’d with diuretics

Answer 6

meniere’s disease

Question 7

what is hennebert’s sign associated with?

Answer 7

perilymphatic fistulat

Question 8

what is hennebert’s sign

Answer 8

recurrence of vertigo with pneumo-otoscopy

Question 9

vertical nystagmus is typically associated with?

Answer 9

central cause of vertigo

Question 10

horizontal nystagmus

Answer 10

peripheral lesion as cause of vertigo

Question 11

latency following provacative dx maneuver is longer in peripheral or central vertigo

Answer 11

peripheral

Question 12

do peripheral or central lesions present with fatigueability

Answer 12

peripheral

Question 13

type of imaging for vertebrobasilar circulation

Answer 13

MRA

Question 14

type of imaging for acute vertigo and sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 14

MRI with contrast

Question 15

tx that suppresses vertigo

Answer 15

benzos

Question 16

most common peripheral vertigo

Answer 16

BPPV