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126 NeuroblastomaNeuroblastomaThe patient is Case 27-1995 Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital (New Eng. J Medicine 1995, 333:579-586). The discusser was Dr. Elizabeth Engle, Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School. The baby girl was born after a 30 week gestation, with a birth weight of 1.25 k...Downbeat Nystagmus; Paraneoplastic Opsoclonus; Neuroblastoma; Primary Position Downbeat Nystagmus; Ataxia; Paraneoplastic Downbeat Nystagmus
127 910-2Normal Eye MovementsThe video of the normal eye movement examination was made with the assistance of Dr. Terrence Millette, a neurologist and former Fellow with me in 1985-1986. Introduction to the Saccadic System Saccades are fast eye movements that bring the image of an object of interest onto the fovea. They c..."Normal Eye Movements; Examination, Ocular; Saccades; Optokinetic Nystagmus Drum (OKN Drum); Pursuit; Ocular Motility"
128 163-21Nuclear Third Nerve PalsyThe following case is the first patient I saw with a nuclear third nerve palsy. The patient is a 52 year old man with hypertension and hyperlipidemia. He awoke one morning unable to open his eyes. To walk he tilted his head backwards and looked down. He came to the emergency room of the Massach...Nuclear Third Nerve Palsy; Bilateral Ptosis; Bilateral Superior Rectus Palsy; Normal Pupils; Midbrain Infarct; Oculomotor Nerve; Nuclear; Thalamic Infarct
129 004-1Ocular DippingThe patient is a 32 year old woman with juvenile diabetes mellitus. She collapsed at home and was rushed to the emergency room where a diagnosis of a locked-in syndrome was made. The term Locked-in Syndrome (LiS) was coined in 1966 by Plum and Posner for a condition with the following criteria: 1....Ocular Dipping; Bilateral Horizontal Gaze Palsy; Full Vertical Gaze; Locked In Syndrome; Embolic Basilar Artery Occlusion; Bilateral Pontine Infarction; Pontine Infarct; Comatose Patient
130 166-2Ocular FlutterThis patient was seen in the Neurovisual Clinic for evaluation of a monocular attack of optic neuritis which completely resolved. Six months later, she became unsteady walking and was found to have bilateral ataxia. She was given a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). Neuro-ophthalmological examin...Ocular Flutter; Multiple Sclerosis; Lid Flutter; Multiple Sclerosis Ocular Flutter
131 162-4Ocular FlutterThis little boy complained of difficulty focusing. On examination he was found to have ocular flutter. He was otherwise neurologically intact and in good general health. Investigations were directed to rule out 1. Neuroblastoma (see ID 936-8) 2. Enterovirus infection 3. Parainfect...Idiopathic Ocular Flutter
132 162-6Ocular Motor ApraxiaThis elderly patient was referred to the Movement Disorder Clinic for evaluation of abnormal head thrust movements when asked to look on command to the right or to the left. His random eye movements were full vertically and horizontally. Diagnosis: Acquired Ocular Motor Apraxia ...Acquired Ocular Motor Apraxia; CNS Degenerative Disease; Head Thrust; Frontotemporal Dementia; Ocular Motor Apraxia
133 Ocular_Motor_Apraxia_guest_lectureOcular Motor Apraxia (Guest Lecture)Congenital Ocular Motor Apraxia; Head Thrust
134 Ocular_Myasthenia_Gravis_guest_lectureOcular Myasthenia Gravis (Guest Lecture)Ocular Myasthenia Gravis; Ptosis - Myasthenic; Familial Myasthenia Gravis; Unilateral Ptosis; Unilateral Myasthenia Gravis
135 042-1Oculomasticatory MyorhythmiaThis case, previously reported in 1986, is published courtesy of John Selhorst, M.D., Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. (4) The patient is a 46 year old man who, over a period of six months, lost the ability to read and complained of excessive somnolence, occasional urinary i...Somnolence; Supranuclear Paralysis of Up and Downgaze; Pendular Vergence Oscillations; Oculomasticatory Myorhythmia; Tropheryma Whippelii - Infection; CNS Whipple's Disease; Supranuclear Paralysis of Up and Downgaze Infection - Whipple's Disease; Oculomasticatory Myorhythmia (Whipple's)
136 Oculomasticatory_Myorhythmia_guest_lectureOculomasticatory Myorhythmia (Guest Lecture)Somnolence; Supranuclear Paralysis of Up and Downgaze; Pendular Vergence Oscillations; Oculomasticatory Myorhythmia; Tropheryma Whippelii - Infection; CNS Whipple's Disease; Supranuclear Paralysis of Up and Downgaze Infection - Whipple's Disease; Oculomasticatory Myorhythmia (Whipple's)
137 One_and_Half_SyndromeOne and a Half SyndromeOne-and-a-Half Syndrome; Abducens Nucleus; Esotropia of the Ipsilateral eye; Paralytic Pontine Exotropia
138 166-12Opsoclonus in The DarkN/ASaccadic Oscillations; Paraneoplastic Opsoclonus; Oscillopsia; Opsoclonus; Saccadomania
139 Overview_of_TDP_43_guest_lectureOverview of TDP 43 (Guest Lecture)
140 003-2Palatal TremorThis patient presented with an acute brainstem stroke with: 1. A unilateral lower motor neuron (LMN) facial palsy on the right 2. A horizontal gaze palsy to the right 3. Mild unsteadiness walking The infarct localized clinically to the right side of the pons involving the abducens nucleus and the g...Palatal Tremor (Myoclonus); Pendular Vertical Oscillations; Unilateral Horizontal Gaze Palsy; Facial Palsy; Pontine Infarct; Degenerative Hypertrophy of the Inferior Olivary Nucleus; Lesion in the Guillain-Mollaret Triangle; Oculopalatal Myoclonus; Oculopalatal Tremor
141 927-1Palatal TremorThe patient is a 60 year old woman with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. She was legally blind as a result of diabetic retinopathy and bilateral vitreous hemorrhage. In 1987, she was admitted to her local hospital with slurred speech and a right hemiparesis progressing over a period of three d...Pendular Vertical Oscillations; Palatal Tremor (Myoclonus); Brainstem Infarct; Unilateral Degenerative Hypertrophy of the Inferior Olivary Nucleus; Lesion in the Guillain - Mollaret Triangle; Pontine Infarct
142 936-4Palatal TremorThe patient is a 44 year old left handed man with a history of IV drug abuse (heroin and cocaine) alcoholism, hypertension, and rheumatic fever. In March 1990, at 3 a.m. on the day of admission, he had acute onset of dizziness, slurred speech, left sided weakness and difficulty walking. He was ...Pendular Vertical Oscillations; Lid Nystagmus; Bilateral Horizontal Gaze Palsy; Palatal Tremor (Myoclonus); Pontine Hemorrhage; Degenerative Hypertrophy of the Inferior Olivary Nucleus; Lesion in the Guillain - Mollaret Triangle; Bilateral Horizontal Gaze Palsy Hemorrhage; Facial Weakness; Speech La...
143 Palatal_TremorPalatal TremorPalatal Tremor; Acquired Pendular Oscillations; Ocular Myoclonus; Inferior Olive; Oculopalatal Tremor Rhythmic Hyperactivity
144 010-1PalinopsiaThe patient is a healthy 59 year old woman who presented in 1978 with transiet visual symptoms. The first visual disturbance occurred in December 1978 when suddenly she noted: • Fluttering of vision in the left eye (OS) • The appearance of a central black spot • Around the edge of the blac...Palinopsia; Prosopometamorphopsia; Migraine Visual Aura with Headache; Falx Meningioma; Occipital Lobe; Visual Phenomena
145 166-6Parainfectious OpsoclonusThis child was one of a group of children with opsoclonus that I saw with Dr. Cogan in the early 1970's. This boy carries the diagnosis of parainfectious brainstem encephalitis. In the absence of myoclonus, myoclonic encephalopathy often referred to as dancing eyes and dancing feet was ruled out. ...Parainfectious Opsoclonus; Saccadic Oscillations
146 945-1Paralysis of ConvergenceThe patient is a 25 year old man with a long history of headaches due to hydrocephalus. He carries the following diagnoses: 1. Hydrocephalus 2. Aqueduct stenosis 3. Low grade glioma involving the quadrageminal plate 4. Seizures The patient first came to neurological attention at the age of 12 whe...Supranuclear Upgaze Palsy; Convergence Insufficiency; Horizontal Gaze Evoked Rotary Nystagmus; Hydrocephalus; Seizures; Brainstem Glioma
147 936-7Paraneoplastic Ocular FlutterThe patient is a 58 year old woman with known hypertension. In 1994, two weeks prior to admission she had a dramatic change in behavior with insomnia, agitation and depression. This was accompanied by "ringing of hands and anxiety for no apparent reason". She became anorexic, lost 15 pounds ...Ocular Flutter; Oscillopsia; Trunkal Ataxia; Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Syndrome; Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung; Paraneoplastic Ocular Flutter; Flutter
148 Paraneoplastic_Ocular_FlutterParaneoplastic Ocular FlutterThe patient is a 58 year old woman with known hypertension. In 1994, two weeks prior to admission she had a dramatic change in behavior with insomnia, agitation and depression. This was accompanied by "ringing of hands and anxiety for no apparent reason". She became anorexic, lost 15 pounds ...Ocular Flutter; Oscillopsia; Trunkal Ataxia; Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Syndrome; Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung; Paraneoplastic Ocular Flutter; Flutter
149 931-1Paraneoplastic OpsoclonusThis patient is the index case of the Anti-Ri antibody, published in Annals of Neurology in 1988 (4). The Anti-Ri antibody is recognized to be a paraneoplastic marker in patients with breast and gynecological malignancies (10). The history of this case is particularly important because she was in...Opsoclonus; Ocular Flutter; Oscillopsia; Saccadic Oscillations; Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Syndrome; Adenocarcinoma of the Breast; Anti-Ri Antibody; Paraneoplastic Opsoclonus; Paraneoplastic Ocular Flutter; Saccadomania
150 166-1Paraneoplastic Opsoclonus/FlutterIn 1975 this patient presented with oscillopsia due to opsoclonus with ocular flutter. Opsoclonus with flutter is a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with occult cancer of the breast, ovary and lung. This patient had cancer of the breast. In 1954 Cogan first used the term "ocular flutter" to d...Opsoclonus; Ocular Flutter; Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Syndrome; Adenocarcinoma of the Breast; Paraneoplastic Opsoclonus; Paraneoplastic Ocular Flutter
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