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Year: 2004 Vol. 8 Num. 3 -
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Vestibular Abnormalities in Children with Migraine |
Alterações Vestibulares em Crianças Enxaquecosas |
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Angela Rocha Narciso*, Bianca Simone Zeigelboim**, Kátia de Freitas Alvarenga***, Lilian Jacob****, Orozimbo Alves Costa Filho*****, Angela Ribas******.
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vectoelectronystagmography, migraine, childhood, dizziness. |
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Introduction: As the most important and frequent type of headache found in children, migraines are responsible for chronic headache, abdominal pains and vomiting.
Objective: To characterize the vestibular function in children with normal hearing diagnosed with migraine.
Method: 17 children with normal audiometry and migraine underwent electronystagmography (ENG).
Results: The most frequent symptoms were dizziness, nausea and vertigo. Alterations were observed only in the caloric test: asymmetric labyrinth preponderance and directional preponderance of nystagmus and hyperactive caloric responses, the most common occurrence. No observation suggested central disorders.
Conclusion: Children diagnosed with migraine showed mostly the occurrence of irritative peripheral vestibular syndrome due to hyperactive caloric responses in the ENG.
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