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MedMemoWebVertigo: a condition that is usually due to a disturbance or asymmetry in the vestibular system involving the semicircular canals or the central nervous system structures. Key anatomical components: semicircular canals (horizontal, posterior; superior); otolithic apparatus (utricle and saccule). Types of vertigo: Peripheral (80% of cases) and Central. Central vertigo: multiple sclerosis; cerebellar infarction and hemorrhage; brainstem ischemia; migrainous vertigo; chiari malformation;. July 10, 2007.
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