benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Term ID

DOID:13941

Synonyms

• benign paroxysmal positional nystagmus
• benign recurrent vertigo

Definition

A peripheral vertigo that is characterized by episodic vertigo followed by gait imbalance and oscillopsia with profound bilateral vestibular loss despite normal hearing. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8290084/

References

• GARD:5915
• ICD9CM:386.11
• MESH:D065635
• MIM:193007
• MIM:613106
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:111541001
• UMLS_CUI:C0155502

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:13941 )