Vertical oscillopsia in bilateral superior canal dehiscence syndrome

Neurology. 2004 Mar 9;62(5):784-7. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000117978.13194.ed.

Abstract

A patient sought treatment for vertical oscillopsia and impaired vision during locomotion, and unsteadiness of gait. Positive fistula tests and CT of the temporal bones confirmed a diagnosis of bilateral superior canal dehiscence. An impairment of the superior canal vestibulo-ocular reflex, documented by three-dimensional search coil eye movement recordings for oblique (single) and downward pitch head motion (bilateral canal testing), is proposed to induce vertical rather than torsional-vertical oscillopsia during locomotion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Gait Disorders, Neurologic / etiology
  • Humans
  • Labyrinth Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Labyrinth Diseases / physiopathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Semicircular Canals* / diagnostic imaging
  • Syndrome
  • Temporal Bone* / diagnostic imaging
  • Vertigo / etiology
  • Vision Disorders / etiology