Epileptic monocular nystagmus

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

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy / pathology
  • Epilepsy / physiopathology*
  • Functional Laterality
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Nystagmus, Pathologic / etiology*
  • Nystagmus, Pathologic / pathology
  • Occipital Lobe / pathology
  • Occipital Lobe / physiopathology*
  • Sturge-Weber Syndrome / pathology
  • Sturge-Weber Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed