Central vestibular signs are sensitive indicators of lesions in the posterior fossa. With the availability of computerized tomography and computerized tomography-regional blood brain circulation, the identification of suspected retrolabyrinthine lesions has improved considerably. This is a report about the reliability of central vestibular signs in predicting posterior fossa lesions.
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