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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • Neurology
  • Vestibular System Disorders

Background:

  • Vertigo in children presents a broad differential diagnosis, with otitis media and middle ear effusion being common but often masking other causes.
  • Diagnosing vertigo in pediatric patients requires careful consideration of less frequent etiologies due to their high prevalence of common childhood illnesses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review clinical characteristics and audiological/vestibular findings in children experiencing vertigo with normal eardrums.
  • To aid in the differential diagnosis of vertigo in pediatric patients without otitis media or middle ear effusion.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of 55 children (<16 years) with vertigo presenting to a tertiary hospital's Otolaryngology department.
  • Exclusion of patients with abnormal tympanometry or incomplete audiological/vestibular evaluations.
  • Review of clinical symptoms, vestibular function tests, and differential diagnoses.

Main Results:

  • Migraine (30.9%) and benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood (BPVC) (25.5%) were the most frequent causes of vertigo.
  • Less common causes included trauma, Meniere's disease, delayed endolymphatic hydrops, benign positional vertigo, and rare instances of cerebellopontine angle tumor, seizure, vestibular neuritis, and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
  • Abnormal findings were observed in pure tone audiometry (23.6%), positioning tests (5.5%), bithermal caloric tests (10.9%), and rotation chair tests (65.5%).

Conclusions:

  • Migraine and BPVC are the leading causes of vertigo in children with normal middle ear status, distinct from adult vertigo profiles.
  • Evaluating pediatric vertigo necessitates thorough questionnaires, audiograms, and vestibular function tests.
  • Further investigations like EEG, hematological evaluation, or neuroimaging may be required in specific pediatric vertigo cases.