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Case Reports
. 1992 Nov;76(11):697-9.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.76.11.697.

Eye movement tics

F Shawkat  1 , C M Harris, M Jacobs, D Taylor, E M Brett
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Case Reports

Eye movement tics

F Shawkat et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1992 Nov.

Abstract

An 8-year-old girl presented with opsoclonus-like eye movement and an 18 month history of intermittent facial tics. Investigations were all normal. Electro-oculography showed the eye movements to be of variable amplitude (10-40 degrees), with no intersaccadic interval, and with a frequency of 3-4 Hz. Saccades, smooth pursuit, optokinetic, and vestibular reflexes were all normal. These abnormal eye movements eventually disappeared. It is thought that they were a form of ocular tics.

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