Table 3.
Previous studies on dizziness and vertigo in children and adolescents.
| Number of patients | Most common etiologies | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Peripheral vestibulopathy | 29% | ||
| O'Reilly et al., 2011 [10] | 132 | MAV/BPVC | 24% |
| Developmental delay | 11% | ||
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| Labyrinthitis/neuritis | 22% | ||
| Szirmai, 2010 [9] | 145 | MAV | 19% |
| Panic or anxiety disorder | 17% | ||
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| MAV | 25% | ||
| Wiener-Vacher, 2008 [26] | >2000 | BPVC | 20% |
| Trauma | 10% | ||
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| Viral infections | 28% | ||
| Balatsouras et al., 2007 [23] | 54 | MAV | 20% |
| BPVC | 17% | ||
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| BPVC | 21% | ||
| Niemensivu et al., 2007 [13] | 24 | MAV | 17% |
| Otitis media | 17% | ||
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| MAV | 34% | ||
| Erbek et al., 2006 [6] | 50 | BPVC | 12% |
| Psychogenic vertigo | 10% | ||
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| BPVC | 19% | ||
| 119 | MAV | 14% | |
| Riina et al., 2005 [14] | Vestibular neuritis | 12% | |
| Otitis media | 10% | ||
| Psychogenic vertigo | 5% | ||
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| 55 | MAV | 31% | |
| Choung et al. 2003 [12] | BPVC | 26% | |
| Trauma | 7% | ||
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| Otitis media | 15% | ||
| Bower and Cotton, 1995 [15] | 34 | BPVC | 15% |
| MAV | 12% | ||
MAV: migraine-associated vertigo.
BPVC: benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood.