Vertigo in MS: Utility of positional and particle repositioning maneuvers

A 4-year experience with new-onset vertigo in a university-based MS populat ion was retrospectively reviewed. Of 1,153 patients with MS, 25 could be cl inically evaluated during the vertiginous episode. Of these, 13 (52%) were diagnosed with benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo and eight (32%) had ac ute MS exacerbations with corresponding lesions within the brainstem. All p atients diagnosed with benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo were treated s uccessfully with particle repositioning maneuvers.