Literature Review on Stroke Presenting as Acute Vestibular Syndrome: 79 Patient Cases

A scoping literature review and case report on posterior inferior cerebellar artery strokes presenting with acute vestibular symptoms. The review analyzed 112 full-text articles, identifying 33 studies with data on 79 patients who presented with spontaneous nystagmus of central origin. The work was authored by Francesca Brigato and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing clinical presentation patterns of cerebellar strokes based on the review of 79 patient cases.
• Studying the diagnostic utility of MRI for acute vestibular syndrome based on the finding that every reviewed patient had a confirmed stroke on imaging.
• Reviewing literature on pseudo-vestibular neuritis based on the search of multiple databases up to May 2025.

Strengths

• The review is based on a systematic search of six major medical databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and Cochrane).
• Includes data from 33 studies meeting inclusion criteria, aggregating findings from 79 specific patient cases.
• Provides a clear temporal scope with a literature search cutoff date of May 2025.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 379.9 KB PDF document; the underlying structured data (e.g., patient-level variables) is not directly accessible.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the text after download.
• The geographic and demographic scope of the included patient cases is not specified, which may indicate bias.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Scoping literature review of multiple databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Cochrane).

Time Range

Literature search cutoff date of May 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 04:20:48

Geography

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