Intracranial tumors mimicking benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: A case series
BackgroundA few intracranial lesions may present only with positional vertigo which are very easy to misdiagnose as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV); the clinicians should pay more attention to this disease.ObjectivesTo analyze the clinical ...
Yuan Xing Chen +21 more
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Bedside differentiation of vestibular neuritis from central "vestibular pseudoneuritis". [PDF]
Acute unilateral peripheral and central vestibular lesions can cause similar signs and symptoms, but they require different diagnostics and management.
Brandt, Thomas +4 more
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Downbeat nystagmus: aetiology and comorbidity in 117 patients [PDF]
Objectives: Downbeat nystagmus (DBN) is the most common form of acquired involuntary ocular oscillation overriding fixation. According to previous studies, the cause of DBN is unsolved in up to 44% of cases.
Brandt, Thomas +3 more
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Epileptic nystagmus: A case report and systematic review
Purpose: We aimed to define the characteristics of epileptic nystagmus and correlate those with other clinical findings in a large number of patients. Methods: We report a patient with epileptic nystagmus and additionally reviewed the reported clinical ...
Sun-Uk Lee +5 more
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An infrequent type of nystagmus during a vertigo crisis in Meniére's disease
Background: Meniere's disease is often characterized by a changing horizontal nystagmus during the crisis; however, vertical nystagmus is not often detected.
Antonio Miguel Moreno Rueda +3 more
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Progressive ataxia with oculo-palatal tremor and optic atrophy [PDF]
The final publication is available at Springer via doi: 10.1007/s00415-013-7136-
A. M. Bronstein +17 more
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Observational study on risk factors determining residual dizziness after successful benign paroxysmal positional vertigo treatment: The role of subclinical BPPV [PDF]
After successful treatment for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, many patients may complain of residual dizziness. Possible explanations may be the persistence of otolith into canal insufficient to provoke noticeable nystagmus, utricular dysfunction ...
Dispenza F. +3 more
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Traditionally, acquired forms of nystagmus have been classified in descriptive terms based on their clinical features and recorded waveforms. In the past 20 years, the mechanisms of several major forms of nystagmus have been elucidated; animal and mathematical models for these ocular oscillations have been developed.
J S, Stahl +2 more
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A Distal Model of Congenital Nystagmus as Nonlinear Adaptive Oscillations [PDF]
Congenital nystagmus (CN) is an incurable pathological spontaneous oscillation of the eyes with an onset in the first few months of life. The pathophysiology of CN is mysterious.
Berry, David + L +1 more
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A Cholinergic Synaptically Triggered Event Participates in the Generation of Persistent Activity Necessary for Eye Fixation [PDF]
An exciting topic regarding integrative properties of the nervous system is how transient motor commands or brief sensory stimuli are able to evoke persistent neuronal changes, mainly as a sustained, tonic action potential firing.
Alvarado, JC +5 more
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