Cervical vertigo: a neurologist’s point of view

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Cervical vertigo (CV) hasn’t yet been recognized by many neurologists, as it has no specific clinical symptoms and reliable diagnostic criteria. However, over the past 150 years, there has been accumulated numerous experimental and clinical evidence to support the legitimacy of CV allocation as a separate nosology. This review presents data regarding the vertigo associated with neck pathology: possible evidence of CV existence and the description of its type as well. The principles of CV diagnosis and treatment are considered, an attempt to create a unified concept is proposed.

Keywords:

cervical vertigo

proprioceptive dizziness

migraine-associated vertigo

cervical migraine

vertebral artery syndrome

Barré—Lieou syndrome

Authors:

Stulin I.D.

Kafedra nervnykh bolezneĭ lechebnogo fakul'teta Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo mediko-stomatologicheskogo universiteta

Tardov M.V.

GBUZ "Moskovskiĭ nauchno-prakticheskiĭ tsentr otorinolaringologii im. L.I. Sverzhevskogo" Departamenta zdravookhraneniia Moskvy

Kunel’skaya N.L.

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia, 117997;
L.I. Sverzhevsky Moscow Research and Practical Centre of Otorhinolaryngology, Moscow Health Department, Moscow, Russia, 117152

ORCID: 0000-0002-1001-2609

Agasarov L.G.

Russian Scientific Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Balneology, Moscow, Russia

Boldin A.V.

Russian Scientific Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Balneology, Moscow, Russia

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