A 62-year-old woman comes to the emergency department feeling | Surgery collections Videos and quizez 2021

A 62-year-old woman comes to the emergency department feeling "dizzy." While at a grocery store today, the patient was looking up at a high shelf when she suddenly experienced a spinning sensation accompanied by nausea. She closed her eyes and sat down in the aisle, and the symptoms resolved after about a minute. The patient has had no headache, earache, tinnitus, or hearing impairment The symptoms recurred 30 minutes later when she bent down to get into her car. Currently, she feels well and has no symptoms. Medical history is significant for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. She previously smoked a pack of cigarettes a day but quit 10 years ago.