Journal of the Korean Balance Society  2006;5(2):285-287

Unilateral Peripheral Vestibulopathy associated with Cerebral Venous Infarction .

Hyun Ah KIM ; Hyung LEE ; Byung Rim PARK

Keywords

Peripheral vestibulopathy; Brain infarction

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Cerebral venous infarction is associated with a wide variety of clinical symptoms and signs, which may often delay appropriate diagnosis. Unilateral vestibular deficit as a presenting sign of cerebral venous infarction has rarely been reported. We report a patient with cerebral venous infarction who had severe prolonged vertigo, vomiting, occipital headache, positive head thrust testing, and unilateral caloric weakness as main clinical features. Although the patient had occipital headache, overall symptoms and signs closely mimicked those of acute peripheral vestibulopathy.