Vestibular neuritis – a case description

• Authors: Katarzyna Bujak , Irena Kasacka

Abstracts

EN

Vestibular neuritis is a group of symptoms resulting from a sudden unilateral vestibular dysfunction. It seldom occurs in children (approximately 7%). Its etiology and pathogenesis are unknown, although most researchers consider viral infection to be a causative factor. The clinical symptoms appear rapidly, exacerbate within a few hours and include vertigos, accompanied by nausea, vomiting and paralytic nystagmus, which intensifies with head movements. This is a case of a 15-year-old boy, so far healthy and with normal psychomotor development, who was admitted to the hospital ward due to exacerbating vertigos accompanied by nausea and balance disorders.

Keywords

EN

vestibular neuritis; vertigo; vomit; nystagmus

• Journal: Otolaryngologia Polska
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 61(3)
• Pages: 329-330

Dates

published

2018-05-08

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Bujak

author

Irena Kasacka