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[Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo as a complication of head trauma]
Trine Velte Honoré1, Niels West, Mads Klokker
1trinevhonore@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Head trauma is the most frequent cause of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) in patients younger than 50 years, and finding the aetiology of post-traumatic dizziness can be challenging. This case report presents a 45-year-old male patient suffering from positional dizziness after head trauma. He was diagnosed in a reposition chair, after manual manoeuvres had failed to provide the diag-nosis. The role of a reposition chair in diagnosing post-traumatic BPPV has not been demonstrated before, and this case illustrates, how the chair can help to clarify the diagnosis.
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