A collection of videos relating to the diagnosis and treatment of eye movement disorders. This collection includes many demonstrations of examination techniques.
Dan Gold, D.O., Associate Professor of Neurology, Ophthalmology, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Emergency Medicine, and Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
A collection of videos relating to the diagnosis and treatment of eye movement disorders.
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Dissociated Elliptical Pendular Nystagmus in MS | This is a patient with multiple sclerosis who presented with oscillopsia. Seen in the video is an elliptical pendular nystagmus in both eyes that was dissociated. Here, the term "dissociated" refers to the fact that the nystagmus is (slightly) more intense in the left eye as compared to the right ... | Image/MovingImage |
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Slow Horizontal, Vertical and Oblique Saccades in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type I | This is a patient presenting with horizontal diplopia who was found to have divergence insufficiency, an esotropia greater at distance than near in the absence of abduction paresis. She also had very slow saccades, more so vertically than horizontally. This is particularly noticeable when asking h... | Image/MovingImage |
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Central Vestibular Nystagmus in Anti-DPPX Encephalitis | This is a young woman who presented with oscillopsia due to spontaneous nystagmus in addition to gastrointestinal symptoms which led to the diagnosis of anti-DPP axis encephalitis. She was treated with rituximab, and experience gradual improvement over time. However, years after the onset, she con... | Image/MovingImage |
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Skew Deviation and the Triad of the Ocular Tilt Reaction (OTR) | This is a patient who presented with vertical diplopia, who was found to have a complete ocular tilt reaction including the following features: (1) Skew deviation - right hypertropia that was about 30 prism diopters in all directions of gaze including right, left, up, down, as well as in right and ... | Image/MovingImage |
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Five Common Ocular Motor Signs in Cerebellar Disorders - Saccadic Hypermetria, Saccadic Pursuit & VOR Suppression, Gaze-evoked & Rebound Nystagmus | (1) Saccadic hypermetria - an overshoot of the visual target (2) Saccadic smooth pursuit - due to impaired pursuit and low gain, saccades are needed to keep up with the visual target. This gives it a ‘choppy' appearance. (3) Saccadic vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) suppression - another... | Image/MovingImage |
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Apogeotropic and Downbeat Central Positional Nystagmus Provoked While Seated | This is a young man with intermittent complaints of positional vertigo. With Dix-Hallpike and roll testing, he had apogeotropic positional nystagmus (e.g., right beating nystagmus with the left ear down, and left beating nystagmus with the right ear down) in addition to strong downbeat nystagmus in... | Image/MovingImage |
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Curved Oblique Saccades and Saccadic Slowing in a Patient with an Anti-GAD Mediated Posterior Fossa Syndrome | This is a patient who developed muscle spasms especially involving the muscles of the trunk in addition to a progressive gait disorder. Examination demonstrated slow saccades, slower horizontally than vertically, in addition to gaze evoked nystagmus with a side pocket pattern. Side pocket nystagmu... | Image/MovingImage |
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Ipsitorsional Quick Phases with Head Tilt in a Normal Subject | This is a demonstration of ocular counterroll, which can be seen when the head is tilted to the right or to the left. For example, when the head is tilted to the right, the top poles of both eyes should rotate toward the left ear to keep the top poles oriented with earth vertical. This is part of ... | Image/MovingImage |
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Periodic Alternating Nystagmus Due to a Chiari Malformation | This patient first experienced oscillopsia 12 months prior to this video. Three months after the onset of symptoms, she was seen by neuro-ophthalmology and found to have a spontaneous, unidirectional left-beating nystagmus (that did not reverse) in addition to saccadic smooth pursuit. Oscillopsia wo... | Image/MovingImage |
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Wall-eyed Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia (WEBINO) in MS | This is a young woman with a years-long history of multiple sclerosis who presented 2 years prior to this examination with complaints of oscillopsia (which was due to spontaneous upbeat nystagmus), as well as diplopia (which was due to bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia, INO). ; ; At the time of... | Image/MovingImage |
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The Influence of Convergence on Downbeat Nystagmus | This is a patient presenting with progressive imbalance and oscillopsia over the course of approximately 1 year. On examination, he had cerebellar ataxia in addition to spontaneous downbeat nystagmus (DBN). His downbeat nystagmus increased in lateral and downgaze, which are characteristic features,... | Image/MovingImage |
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Change in Pendular Nystagmus from Oculopalatal Tremor over a Four-year Period | This is a patient who developed oculopalatal tremor months following a pontine hemorrhage. Although it is not shown here, she also has palatal tremor. In the first video which was taken 1 year after her hemorrhage, a vertical-torsional pendular nystagmus can be seen, that is mildly dissociated giv... | Image/MovingImage |
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Palato-ocular Synchrony in Oculopalatal Tremor | This is a patient with OPT due to a pontine hemorrhage, and although she did have torsional pendular nystagmus, it was very subtle. However, with eyelid closure, much larger vertical ocular oscillations could be seen, which were in fact synchronous with her palatal tremor. This finding, sometimes ... | Image/MovingImage |
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Slow Horizontal, Vertical, Oblique Saccades and Gaze-evoked Nystagmus in Anti-AGNA-1 Encephalitis | This is a patient who presented subacutely with imbalance and dizziness. On examination, she had evidence of gaze evoked nystagmus, right internuclear ophthalmoplegia, as well as slow saccades horizontally and vertically. She was diagnosed with a rare antibody-mediated disorder, anti-AGNA-1 (antig... | Image/MovingImage |
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Ocular Dipping and Ping-pong Gaze Due to Bi-hemispheric Strokes | This is a 51-year-old man presenting with hypertensive left thalamic intracerebral hemorrhage and intraventricular hemorrhage, with course complicated by multifocal supratentorial ischemic strokes. He developed abnormal movements characterized by slow, conjugate, horizontal deviations, consistent wi... | Image/MovingImage |
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Centripetal Nystagmus Example | A 68-year-old female reported a 2-year history of progressive gait imbalance, falls, dizziness and vertical oscillopsia. She described that dizziness and oscillopsia were worst when looking down. There was no family history of ataxia. Composite gaze with fixation was recorded with video-oculography ... | Image/MovingImage |
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Assessing Utricle Pathway Function and the Effects of Convergence on Nystagmus in Acute Vestibular Neuritis | A 35-year-old woman presented a few days after the onset of room-spinning vertigo. She denied diplopia, dysarthria, dysphagia, dysphonia, incoordination, numbness, and weakness. On examination, she had subtle spontaneous right-beat nystagmus (RBN). This nystagmus increased in amplitude and frequency... | Image/MovingImage |
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Upbeat Transitioning to Downbeat Nystagmus in Wernicke's Encephalopathy | This is a 30-year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse who presented to the hospital with inability to walk after several weeks of heavy drinking and malnutrition. While in the hospital, he noted that when he would look straight ahead, everything he saw would appear to be bouncing up and down - a... | Image/MovingImage |
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Supine Roll Test | Supine roll test: used to test for horizontal canal (HC) BPPV. While horizontal nystagmus due to HC-BPPV is often seen with DH, the roll test will usually maximize nystagmus and vertigo with the HC variant. The patient can be guided through a self-administered supine roll test while lying on the flo... | Image/MovingImage |
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Dynamic Visual Acuity | Dynamic Visual Acuity: the examiner can use screen-sharing to provide a visual acuity chart. Instruct the patient to sit at the appropriate distance from their screen at which the lowest line on the visual acuity chart is just readable. Have the patient move their head (horizontally to evaluate the ... | Image/MovingImage |
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Fixation and Gaze Holding | Fixation and gaze-holding: assess for nystagmus or saccadic intrusions by observing the eyes in primary position. Then instruct the patient to look in each position of gaze, and to hold that position to assess for gaze-evoked nystagmus. In doing so, motility can also be evaluated with both eyes view... | Image/MovingImage |
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How to Measure Ocular Alignment Virtually | Ocular alignment: the alternate cover test can be performed by instructing the patient to hold their head steady, fix their eyes on the camera (or a more distant target - the closer the fixation target, the more of an exodeviation the examiner will see), and use their cell phone (or a spoon) to occl... | Image/MovingImage |
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Hyperventilation | Hyperventilation: instruct the patient to breathe rapidly in and out of their mouth for 40-60 seconds. Alkalosis and changes in ionized calcium may improve conduction through an affected segment of 8th cranial nerve due to vestibular schwannoma (https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=1213447) o... | Image/MovingImage |
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Penlight Cover Test (Partial Removal of Fixation) | Penlight cover test (partial removal of fixation): during in-person clinical encounters, the maneuvers below are best tested with complete (or near complete) removal of fixation (e.g., Frenzel or video Frenzel goggles). Removal of fixation is more challenging during virtual evaluations but can be ap... | Image/MovingImage |
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Valsalva (Closed Glottis) | Valsalva (closed glottis or pinched nose): instruct the patient to take a deep breath and ‘bear down' (closed glottis) or take a deep breath and ‘try to pop their ears' (pinched nose). Assess for nystagmus. In superior canal dehiscence, pressure changes may be transmitted to the superior canal, ... | Image/MovingImage |