[Cervicogenic vertigo].

The prevalence of cervical dizziness, still not recognized by the entire medical community, not only does not become less frequent, but even increases today. This phenomenon is facilitated by the widespread computerization of our lives and, in particular, the strain on the neck when working with portable electronic equipment. Despite the fact that criteria that reliably confirming the association of dizziness with cervical pathology have not yet been defined, experimental and clinical evidence of such an association continues to accumulate. This review presents data from studies of the last few years on cervical pathology as a causative factor in some types of dizziness and vertigo. To date, the following variants of cervical vertigo are distinguished: Barre-Lieu syndrome, rotational vertebral artery syndrome, proprioceptive cervical vertigo, migraine-associated cervical vertigo. The paper considers the features of all four cervical vertigo types, as well as methods for diagnosing and the first randomized trials on the treatment of dizziness associated with the pathology of neck structures. The results of own observations of similar cases (diagnosis and treatment) are described; as well as principles of differential diagnosis of some conditions manifested by headache and dizziness in patients with various types of disorders of cervico-cranial region. The similarities of clinical presentation and pathogenetic mechanisms characteristic of skull base and neck anomalies, Meniere's syndrome and cervical vertigo are discussed. In conclusion, an assumption was made about the common origin of a whole group of the diseases associated with the cranio-cervical region.