Vestibular Migraine and Other Episodic Vertigos: An Update

The book aims to provide a timely update on a group of disorders of growing clinical and research interest. Vertigo and dizziness are far from being rare in total population and approach to them has significantly changed in the last years. This handbook reports in a practical way what has been recently published on these disorders. As a result, the neurologist will be able to acquire the tools to recognize, diagnose and treat numerous clinical pictures that often border on the expertise of ENT specialists and audiologists. The authoritative interdisciplinary working group that compiled the book intended to provide a practical and integrative view, useful in understanding and solving the problems related to these pathologies (Vestibular Migraine and related disorders) in daily practice. A part on other episodic vertigo has also been included in this handbook, as well as a part which deals with the physiology of the vestibular end organ.

Provides a comprehensive review of all vestibular episodic disorders Suggests new models of therapeutic approach in all vestibular syndromes Correlates pathophysiology with clinical findings of the vestibular system

Auteur

Bruno Colombo is a board certified neurologist with a passionate interest in headache management and patient care. He is founder both of the Italian Neurological Society for the Research on Headache (ANIRCEF) and the Italian Foundation for headache (FICEF), and currently serves as elected-President of ANIRCEF.

He has authored and co-authored 250 articles on peer-reviewed journals. He also authored three books.

He has served as Clinical Assistant and Research Worker at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases and Institute of Neurology, London. Dr. Colombo is currently Coordinator and Responsible of the Headache Center at Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. He is Academic and Teacher at Vita-Salute University and Lecturer at Master on Headache both at Biomedical Campus and San Raffaele Pisana University in Rome.

Roberto Teggi is a ENT specialist, currently working as coordinator and responsible of the centre for vestibular disorders in San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. Since being graduated his particular area of interests are vestibular and other inner ear disorders.

He is co-founder and council-member of the Italian Society of Vestibology (VIS); he is also accepted member of the Barany Society.

He has authored more than 80 articles in the last 20 years on peer review journals; he also authored three books on vestibular disorders. He is currently Editor of Audiology Research.

He is Academic and Teacher at Vita-Salute University and Lecturer at Master on Vestibular Disorders both at La Sapienza University and in Pavia University.

Contenu

Physiology of the vestibular system.- Pathophysiology of migraine.- Therapy of migraine.- An overview of the classification of vestibular disorders.- Vestibular Migraine: Epidemiology, Classification and Clinical Features.- Vestibular Migraine: Vestibular Testing and Pathophysiology.- Menière's Disease: anything new?.- Epidemiology and treatment of BPPV: new perspectives.- PPPD.- Episodic vertigo in pediatric age.- Recurrent vertigo not otherwise specified.- Vestibular Testing.- Imaging of Migraine and Vestibular Migraine. <p