Development of the Vestibular System and Balance Function: Differential Diagnosis in the Pediatric Population

✍ Scribed by O’Reilly, Robert; Grindle, Chris; Zwicky, Emily F.; Morlet, Thierry

• Book ID: 120335758
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 645 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0030-6665
• DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.01.001

✦ Synopsis

Dizziness is a rare complaint among children. In this article, the authors present the embryology and development of the vestibular system, and offer a rational approach to taking a careful history and ordering and interpreting appropriate vestibular and balance testing in children. A differential diagnosis is presented, so that the likely cause of the balance disorder can be elucidated even in the most complex pediatric patients.