J Korean Med Sci.  1991 Jun;6(2):191-195. 10.3346/jkms.1991.6.2.191.

Alternating dissociated nystagmus with palatal myoclonus: a case report

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  • 1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea.

Abstract

An extraordinary eye movement was seen in a vegetative patient. His eyeballs were exotropic in the primary position and showed dissociated nystagmus which appeared alternately in each eye every few seconds. He also had palatal myoclonus quite asynchronous with the nystagmus. To our knowledge, there has been no such nystagmus documented in the literature. We report the new nystagmus with his EOG and brain MRI.

Keyword

Nystagmus; Dissociated

MeSH Terms

Electrooculography
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Myoclonus/*complications/diagnosis
Nystagmus, Pathologic/*complications/diagnosis
Palatal Muscles
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