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What is the most likely diagnosis? A. Vestibular neuritis B. Meniere's disease C. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

What is the most likely diagnosis? A. Vestibular neuritis B. Meniere's disease C. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

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Page 1: What is the most likely diagnosis? A. Vestibular neuritis B. Meniere's disease C. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

What is the most likely diagnosis?

A. Vestibular neuritis

B. Meniere's disease

C. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

Page 2: What is the most likely diagnosis? A. Vestibular neuritis B. Meniere's disease C. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

What is the most likely diagnosis?

A. Vestibular neuritis

B. Meniere's disease

C. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

In vestibular neuritis, the vertiginous attack lasts hours to several days and is not clustered in spells as in this patient.

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Page 3: What is the most likely diagnosis? A. Vestibular neuritis B. Meniere's disease C. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

What is the most likely diagnosis?

A. Vestibular neuritis

B. Meniere's disease

C. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

In Meniere’s disease, the duration of the vertiginous attack is usually longer than 20 minutes and may last several hours. The vertigo attack is typically associated with unilateral aural fullness, tinnitus and hearing loss.

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Page 4: What is the most likely diagnosis? A. Vestibular neuritis B. Meniere's disease C. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

What is the most likely diagnosis?

A. Vestibular neuritis

B. Meniere's disease

C. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

This presentation is suggestive of positional vertigo. The most common etiology of vertigo is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. This condition results in episodic vertigo that typically lasts seconds to minutes. Turning the head in a particular position usually triggers the spells.

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Page 5: What is the most likely diagnosis? A. Vestibular neuritis B. Meniere's disease C. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

What is the most likely diagnosis?

A. Vestibular neuritis

B. Meniere's disease

C. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

In other peripheral disorders, vertigo can be triggered by head movement.

However, the trigger is not position-specific and the episodes tend to last much longer.

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