Epileptic Periodic Alternating Nystagmus

A patient developed periodic alternating nystagmus, periodic alternating gaze deviation, and periodic alternating head rotation as a manifestation of a seizure. This occurred as he awakened after hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Seizures should be added to the list of differential diagnoses of perio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of neuro-ophthalmology 1998-12, Vol.18 (4), p.292-293
Hauptverfasser:	Moster, Mark L, Schnayder, Eric
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Biological and medical sciences Diagnosis, Differential Epilepsy - complications Epilepsy - diagnosis Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy Humans Male Medical sciences Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Nystagmus, Pathologic - diagnosis Nystagmus, Pathologic - etiology Occipital Lobe Periodicity
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Zusammenfassung:	A patient developed periodic alternating nystagmus, periodic alternating gaze deviation, and periodic alternating head rotation as a manifestation of a seizure. This occurred as he awakened after hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Seizures should be added to the list of differential diagnoses of periodic alternating nystagmus.
ISSN:	1070-8022 1536-5166
DOI:	10.1097/00041327-199812000-00016