| Title |
Loss of Vision Alone May Result in Seesaw Nystagmus |
| Creator |
May, EF; Truxal, AR |
| Affiliation |
Ophthalmology Service, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, USA. |
| Abstract |
A patient is described who developed seesaw nystagmus (SSN) associated with progressive severe vision loss due to cone-rod dystrophy. She was otherwise neurologically normal, and findings on magnetic resonance imaging of the brain were normal, including optic chiasm, meso-diencephalic junction, and brainstem. The literature is reviewed on neurologically normal patients with SSN and ocular vision loss, and the hypothesis is presented that SSN may become manifest as a result of vision loss alone, even in patients with chiasmal lesions, without disruption of central ocular motility pathways. |
| Subject |
Adult; Electrooculography; Eye Movements; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Nystagmus, Pathologic/diagnosis; Nystagmus, Pathologic/etiology; Nystagmus, Pathologic/physiopathology; Photoreceptors/pathology; Retinal Diseases/complications; Retinal Diseases/diagnosis; Vision Disorders/complications; Vision Disorders/diagnosis; Vision Disorders/physiopathology |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
224808 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dv4r0g/224808 |
