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Since both migraine and vertigo are common complaints in clinical practice they may coincide in an individual patient just by chance. There are, however, numerous patients with vestibular symptoms caused by migraine, accounting for 6-8% of diagnoses in specialized dizziness clinics. CLINICAL MANIFESTATION: Migraine-associated vertigo is a vestibular disorder which manifests itself with spontaneous or positional rotational vertigo or dizziness induced by head motion. The vertigo may occur without accompanying headache and may last from seconds to several weeks. ⋯ Treatment is based on the repertoire of acute and prophylactic medications that are used for migrainous headaches. Controlled studies on the treatment of migraine-associated vertigo are still lacking.