Vertigo and dizziness in children – diagnostic problems

Jolanta Chmielik, Mieczysław Chmielik, Beata Zając, Anna Gabryszewska, Waldemar Szapłyko

Summary
The purpose of the study was to review clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, and conditions causing vertigo and dizziness in children. The authors report a retrospective review of 70 children diagnosed in the ENT Department or Outpatient Clinic in the Department of Paediatric Neurology. The differential diagnosis of dizziness and vertigo in children requires a multidisciplinary approach. Close co-operation between the otolaryngologist, paediatrician, neurologist and ophtalmologist allows the best chance of accurate diagnosis. From an analysis of the results, a diagnostic approach to the dizzy child is suggested, and the most frequent conditions causing vertigo in children are discussed.

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