Vertigo

Etiologies

Peripheral

• Acute labyrinthitis
• Acute vestibular neuronitis
• Benign positional paroxysmal vertigo
• Cholesteatoma
• Herpes zoster oticus, typically with vesicles in the affected ear
• Ménière disease
• Otosclerosis
• Perilymphatic fistula

Central

• Cerebellopontine angle tumour
• Transient ischemic attack or stroke
• Migraine
• Multiple sclerosis

Other

• Cervical vertigo
• Drug-induced vertigo
• Psychological disorders