Review Article

Migraine and Vertigo

Table 3

Diagnostic criteria for basilar-type migraine (IHS).

(a) At least 2 attacks fulfilling criteria (b)–(d)
(b) Aura consisting of at least two of the following fully reversible symptoms, but no motor weakness:
 (1) dysarthria
 (2) vertigo
 (3) tinnitus
 (4) hypacusia
 (5) diplopia
 (6) visual symptoms simultaneously in both temporal and nasal fields of both eyes
 (7) ataxia
 (8) decreased level of consciousness
 (9) simultaneously bilateral paraesthesias
(c) At least one of the following:
 (1) at least one aura symptom develops gradually over ≥5 minutes and/or different aura symptoms occur in succession over ≥5 minutes
 (2) each aura symptom lasts ≥5 and ≤60 minutes
(d) Not attributed to another disorder