Benjamin Stolte, Dagny Holle, Steffen Naegel, Hans-Christoph Diener, Mark Obermann
BACKGROUND: The combination of vertigo, dizziness and balance disturbance with migraine is called vestibular migraine. Although it is estimated that up to 1% of the population suffers from this disease, it is still widely unknown and often underdiagnosed. Recently, the International Headache Society and the Báràny Society published the first joint document with mutually accepted diagnostic criteria for vestibular migraine. METHOD: This review summarizes current knowledge on vestibular migraine with regard to epidemiology, clinical presentation, pathophysiology, differential diagnosis and therapeutic options...
March 2015: Cephalalgia: An International Journal of Headache