Epileptic nystagmus: A case report and systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

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 features of 36 more patients through a systematic literature search. We analyzed the characteristics of epileptic nystagmus and attempted correlations of those with alertness of the patients and epileptic foci on EEG.

Results

All 33 patients with unilateral horizontal nystagmus showed nystagmus beating away from the side of ictal discharges. Epileptic nystagmus was preceded by gaze deviation in 21 patients, with contraversive in 19 and ipsiversive in 2. Seizures associated with epileptic nystagmus were mostly focal (25/29

SUBMITTER: Lee SU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4308050 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature