Title
Posturally-evoked vomiting; Association with posterior fossa lesions
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Neurology
Publication Date
1977-01-01
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Adenocarcinoma; Adult; Cerebellar Neoplasms; Cranial Fossa, Posterior; Female; Glioblastoma; Humans; Male; Methods; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Metastasis; *Posture; Vomiting
Disciplines
Neurology | Neuroscience and Neurobiology
Abstract
Posturally-evoked vomiting (PEV) dissociated from vertigo was present in two patients with proven posterior fossa mass lesions. In both instances PEV was a major aspect of the patients' symptomatology before other findings clearly indicated the presence of an infratentorial mass lesion. A distinction is drawn between benign postural vertigo, which almost always indicates a benign disorder of the peripheral vestibular apparatus, and PEV which indicates a central lesion within the posterior fossa. A possible anatomic-physiologic basis is offered for PEV, based on the dissociation of the "vestibular syndrome," in which PEV increases while vertigo and nystagmus diminish.
Source
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1977 Jan-Feb;86(1 Pt 1):97-101.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology
Related Resources
PubMed ID
189665
Repository Citation
Drachman, David A.; Diamond, Ellis R.; and Hart, Cecil W., "Posturally-evoked vomiting; Association with posterior fossa lesions" (1977). Neurology Publications and Presentations. 195.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/neuro_pp/195