Vestibular migraine : an update

Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc..

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: We performed a narrative review of the recent findings in epidemiology, clinical presentation, mechanisms and treatment of vestibular migraine.

RECENT FINDINGS: Vestibular migraine is an underdiagnosed condition that has a high prevalence among general, headache and neuro-otology clinics. Vestibular migraine has a bimodal presentation probably associated with a hormonal component in women. These patients could have a complex clinical phenotype including concomitant autonomic, inflammatory or connective tissue conditions that have a higher prevalence of psychological symptoms, which may mistakenly lead to a diagnosis of a functional neurological disorder. A high proportion of patients with postural perceptual persistent dizziness have a migraine phenotype. Independently of the clinical presentation and past medical history, patients with the vestibular migraine phenotype can respond to regular migraine preventive treatments, including those targeting the calcitonin gene-related peptide pathways.

SUMMARY: Vestibular migraine is an underdiagnosed migraine phenotype that shares the pathophysiological mechanisms of migraine, with growing interest in recent years. A thorough anamnesis is essential to increase sensitivity in patients with unknown cause of dizziness and migraine treatment should be considered (see supplemental video-abstract).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Current opinion in neurology - 37(2024), 3 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 252-263

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Villar-Martinez, Maria D [VerfasserIn]
Goadsby, Peter J [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

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Date Completed 29.04.2024

Date Revised 29.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/WCO.0000000000001257

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM371083907