Periodic saccadic oscillations and tinnitus.

Tychsen, L; Engelken, E J; Austin, E J · Neurology · 1990

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A man with essential hypertension developed stereotyped cycles of oscillopsia and bilateral "sparking" tinnitus. Eye movement recordings showed cycles of disconjugate opsoclonus, square-wave jerks, and saccadic dynamic overshoot disrupting stable fixation. Neuroimaging studies were normal. We postulate a lesion episodically disturbing saccade-related neurons and central auditory neurons in the pons.

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