Vertigo in the pediatric and adolescent age group

Since episodic vertigo in the pediatric and adolescent age group is unusual and therefore not well known to most otolaryngologists, we present six cases to show some of the various presentations and different underlying causes. These cases covered a wide diagnostic spectrum: meningioma, medulloblastoma, childhood migraine with vestibular symptoms, childhood Meniere's syndrome (one case due to perilymph fistula), and benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood. The two patients with tumor and the patient with perilymph fistula were treated surgically; the other patients are being managed conservatively since these childhood conditions usually tend to diminish with time.