THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INTEGRATED CLINICAL AND NEUROIMAGING APPROACH IN THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS OF VASCULAR VERTIGO

The article provides information devoted to modern ideas about terminology, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical features and diagnosis of vertigo of vascular etiology. The variants of vestibular disorders in ten different acute and chronic diseases related to cerebrovascular pathology are analyzed. The importance of complex clinical and neuroimaging approach in the correct diagnosis of vascular vertigo is emphasized. The most frequent errors and misconceptions of neurologists with regard to vertigo caused by ischemic and hemorrhagic brain diseases are summarized. Key words: vestibular syndrome, acute and chronic cerebrovascular pathology.