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Case Reports
. 2002 Nov 12;59(9):1438-41.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.59.9.1438.

Epileptic monocular nystagmus

Arthur C Grant  1 , Vivek Jain, Swaraj Bose
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Case Reports

Epileptic monocular nystagmus

Arthur C Grant et al. Neurology. .

Abstract

The authors describe a case of epileptic monocular nystagmus in a cognitively intact adult with normal vision. Focal seizures originated in the occipital lobe contralateral to the involved eye, and an associated structural lesion was thought to represent a forme fruste of Sturge-Weber syndrome. It is hypothesized that the seizure discharge either activated a cortical saccade region and caused simultaneous supranuclear inhibition of ipsilateral eye movement or triggered monocular eye movement commands.

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  • Epileptic monocular nystagmus.
    Kellinghaus C, Loddenkemper T, Lüders HO. Kellinghaus C, et al. Neurology. 2003 Jul 8;61(1):145-7; author reply 147. doi: 10.1212/wnl.61.1.145-a. Neurology. 2003. PMID: 12847186 No abstract available.

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