AETIOPATHOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF VERTIGO CASES PRESENTING AT VERTIGO CLINIC AT TERTIARY CARE LEVEL HOSPITAL IN WESTERN RAJASTHAN

Abstract

Vertigo refers to erroneous perception of movement of either one’s own body, such as 
swaying or rotation, or of the surrounding, or both, and is often characterized by dizziness. 
Vertigo has a multi-causative etiology. Central conditions that cause vertigo include vestibular 
migraine (VM), posterior circulation ischemia (PCI), tumours and multiple sclerosis, etc; and the 
potential causes of peripheral vertigo are benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), 
Meniere’s disease, vestibular neuronitis, etc. Moreover, there are also psychogenic factors 
involved.