Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Vertigo
Dizzy spell
HP:0002321
What it means
An abnormal sensation of spinning while the body is actually stationary.
Rare diseases that can present with this97
Very common80–99%
13- Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase deficiency type 2
- Cogan syndrome
- Episodic ataxia type 6
- Episodic ataxia type 7
- Familial paroxysmal ataxia
- Hemangioblastoma
- Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Multiple sclerosis-ichthyosis-factor VIII deficiency syndrome
- Naxos disease
- Polycythemia vera
- Primary familial and congenital erythrocytosis
- Sneddon syndrome
- Solar urticaria
Common30–79%
30- Acquired methemoglobinemia
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia
- Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase deficiency
- Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase deficiency type 1
- Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome
- Arnold-Chiari malformation type I
- Benign paroxysmal torticollis of infancy
- Benign schwannoma
- Bilateral striopallidodentate calcinosis
- Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
- Deafness-oligodontia syndrome
- Episodic ataxia type 1
- Episodic ataxia type 4
- Episodic ataxia type 5
- Essential thrombocythemia
- Exercise-induced malignant hyperthermia
- Familial or sporadic hemiplegic migraine
- GATA2 deficiency spectrum
- Glycogen storage disease with severe cardiomyopathy due to glycogenin deficiency
- Hereditary atrial fibrillation
- Hereditary progressive cardiac conduction defect
- Idiopathic bilateral vestibulopathy
- Mal de débarquement
- Nipah virus disease
- Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome
- Progressive supranuclear palsy
- Relapsing polychondritis
- Visual snow syndrome
- Waldenström macroglobulinemia
- X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Dizziness
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Start free with EleplanThis page uses the Human Phenotype Ontology (2026-06-23) — Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium, hpo.jax.org. Disease associations from Orphanet (INSERM), CC BY 4.0. Content is educational and is not medical advice.