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Case Report Elucidating the Mechanism

HERBERT LOURIE, MD

Arch Neurol. 1963;9(5):531-533.

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Seesaw nystagmus is a very rare disturbance of ocular motility. The site of the responsible lesion has not been clearly identified, but a central lesion has been postulated in most previous reports. This case, the eighth noted in the literature,^1-5 is recorded as it offers a more probable explanation for this form of nystagmus.

The original case report by Maddox¹ contains a superlative description of seesaw nystagmus. The eye movements in the patient described herein are identical to those described by Maddox and consists essentially of a disjunctive vertical pendular movement: One eye rises as the other falls. Simultaneous with the opposed rising and falling of the eyes, there occurs a conjugate parallel torsion. The rising of the right eye and the falling of the left eye are associated with a fine torsional movement to the left; the rising of the left eye and the falling of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SYRACUSE, NY

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 8, 1963; accepted July 29.

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery.

Division of Neurological Surgery, Department of Surgery, State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, and the Neurosurgical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital.

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