Tag: Migraine Nystagmus

Int J Audiol. 2006 Apr;45(4):224-6. Differentiation of migrainous positional vertigo (MPV) from horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (HC-BPPV). Roberts RA, Gans RE, Kastner AH. The American Institute of Balance, 8200 Bryan Dairy Road, Suite 340, Largo, FL 33777, USA.  This article presents an approach to differentiation of migrainous positional vertigo (MPV) from horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (HC-BPPV). Such an approach is essential because of the difference in intervention between the two disorders in question. Results from evaluation of the case study presented here revealed a persistent ageotropic positional nystagmus consistent with MPV or a cupulolithiasis variant of HC-BPPV. The patient was treated with liberatory maneuvers to remove possible otoconial debris from the horizontal canal in an attempt, Read More