benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
MONDO:8000018Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names benign paroxysmal positional vertigo yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Idiopathic recurrent vertigo associated with positional nystagmus. It is associated with a vestibular loss without other neurological or auditory signs. Unlike in labyrinthitis and vestibular neuronitis inflammation in the ear is not observed.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:8000018), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
- Inheritance
- Autosomal dominant inheritance
- Onset and course
- Slowly progressive
HPO, annotations 2026-09-02
Features
4 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Gait imbalanceHPOHP:0002141
- 3 of 3 reported patients
- OscillopsiaHPOHP:0034773
- 3 of 3 reported patients
- VertigoHPOHP:0002321
- 3 of 3 reported patients
- Hearing impairmentHPOHP:0000365
- 0 of 3 reported patients
Where it sits
Other names
7 names
Resolves to: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Also called
- BPPVBRVfamilial benign recurrent vertigofamilial vestibulopathyvertigo, benign paroxysmal positionalvertigo, benign recurrentvestibulopathy, familial