Oscillopsia: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Oscillopsia

Arnold-Chiari Malformation

Oscillopsia and nystagmus began in a woman 2 weeks after an inadvertent lumbar puncture during anesthesia for childbirth. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This herniation of the brainstem causes down-beat nystagmus and oscillopsia, the most commonly presenting sign and symptom, respectively. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Sharpe, “Oscillopsia and Horizontal Nystagmus with Accelerating Slow Phases Following Lumbar Puncture in the Arnold-Chiari Malformation,” Annals of Neurology, Vol. 33, No. [dx.doi.org]

Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

[…] internuclear ophthalmoplegia (often bilateral) trigeminal neuralgia diplopia (e.g. due to abducens nerve palsy ) vertigo cerebellum involvement: ataxia and gait disturbance oscillopsia [radiopaedia.org]

See myokymia ; oscillopsia ; visual evoked cortical potential ; Marcus Gunn pupil ; Uhthoff's symptom. mul·ti·ple scle·ro·sis (MS) ( mŭl'ti-pĕl skler-ō'sis ) Common demyelinating [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Cerebellar Ataxia - Neuropathy - Vestibular Areflexia Syndrome

Visual Sciences and Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine Description A 67 year old woman presented with 1 year of progressive numbness, gait instability, and oscillopsia [collections.lib.utah.edu]

Oscillopsia is the blurring and inability to focus on objects whilst moving. [lmhofmeyr.co.za]

Oscillopsia occurs when both the vestibulo ocular reflexes (VOR) fail. Vertigo (spinning dizziness) is not common. Some tests may be ordered to confirm the diagnosis. [lmhofmeyr.co.za]

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

Superior canal dehiscence syndrome (SCD) is clinically characterized by attacks of vertigo and oscillopsia (the sensation that viewed objects are moving or wavering back and [doi.org]

Multiple Sclerosis

"Therapeutic external ophthalmoplegia with bilateral retrobulbar botulinum toxin- an effective treatment for acquired nystagmus with oscillopsia". [en.wikipedia.org]

Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence

(continue reading) Signs & Symptoms The symptoms seen in auditory functions in SSCD are hearing loss, unsteadiness oscillopsia and extreme sensitivity to sound. [neuroequilibrium.in]

others may perceive that objects are moving in time with their pulse (pulsatile oscillopsia). [menieres.org.uk]

This causes vertigo, oscillopsia, dysequilibrium due to exposure to sound. Ultra high resolution CT scans help in identification of this condition. [works.bepress.com]

Central Positional Vertigo

[…] early youth acquired nystagmus syndromes are not accompanied by oscillopsia. [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

Oscillopsia, tinnitus, and hearing loss may also occur. [aao.org]

Patients usually report oscillopsia, which can be debilitating. [aao.org]

Hereditary Nystagmus

However, people who acquire nystagmus in later life are unlikely to adjust so well and will suffer much more from the effects of oscillopsia. [utsaveyeclinic.com]

This is called oscillopsia. Oscillopsia causes a person to have vertigo or dizziness related to the new movement they experience in their vision. [lowvision.org]

Dell’Osso, Nystagmus, Saccadic Intrusions/Oscillations and Oscillopsia, 3 Current Neuro-Opthamology 147 (1989). [dwidude.com]

Familial Progressive Vestibulocochlear Dysfunction

On a few occasions, he had vertigo, sometimes with nausea, lasting for several days, and he noticed head movement–dependent oscillopsia. [doi.org]

He suffered from instability in the dark, head movement-dependent oscillopsia, paroxysmal positional vertigo, and vertigo with and without nausea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Reported symptoms include: Sensorineural hearing loss Vestibular areflexia Hearing impairment Vertigo Nausea and vomiting Head movement-dependent oscillopsia The disease is [en.wikipedia.org]

Parinaud Syndrome

He also complained about oscillopsia that was more pronounced in upgaze. The family members noticed an anomalous chin up position subsequent to the CVA. [eyerounds.org]

[…] dorsal midbrain syndrome. [2] Discussion Parinaud Syndrome or dorsal midbrain syndrome often associated with bilateral superior oblique palsy and both these condition lead to oscillopsia [syndromespedia.com]

Discussion Parinaud’s Syndrome (Dorsal Midbrain Syndrome) with bilateral Superior Oblique Palsy The cause of diplopia, oscillopsia, and anomalous head posture in this patient [eyerounds.org]

Spasmus Nutans

For the patient with oscillopsia, grinding prism into the spectacles may move the visual field to a point of decreased oscillopsia. [healthofchildren.com]

Therapeutic external ophthalmoplegia with bilateral retrobulbar botulinum toxin- an effective treatment for acquired nystagmus with oscillopsia. [medscape.com]

Strabismus and amblyopia may be present while oscillopsia is absent. Optic nerve, retinal, or intracranial abnormalities are generally absent. [orpha.net]

Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome

Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is a brainstem/cerebellar syndrome producing disabling multi-directional saccadic oscillations with oscillopsia, with or without somatic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 46-year-old woman was evaluated for symptoms of oscillopsia, tremor, gait imbalance, and mild cognitive deficits that began 6 weeks prior. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Case 2 A 34-year-old woman developed nausea, vomiting, oscillopsia, dizziness, and unsteady gait in the fifth month of pregnancy. [journals.lww.com]

Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 15

Mild dysphagia usually after two or more decades of symptoms has been observed in members of multiple affected families and movement-induced oscillopsia has been described [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

One Australian family member reported onset of a movement-induced oscillopsia 40 years after initial symptoms of movement-induced unsteadiness. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Gaze-evoked nystagmus (sometimes transient only) in approximately 80% of affected individuals Impaired vestibuloocular reflex gain (even to the point of producing movement-induced oscillopsia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Acoustic Neuritis

Oscillopsia, tinnitus, and hearing loss may also occur. [aao.org]

Woman 66yr with symptoms of acute vestibular syndrome comes three weeks later to our office with complaints of slight instability, oscillopsia and vertigo with abrupt head [dusanpavlovic.com]

By damaging the remaining ear function they can cause oscillopsia - the sense of the world bobbing or jumping with head movement. [ohns.ucsf.edu]

Congenital Nystagmus

Oscillopsia He had always experienced occasional oscillopsia and, following a serious hand infection treated with gentamycin at age 25, the oscillopsia became worse when he [repository.countway.harvard.edu]

Patients with CN usually do not have oscillopsia. Congenital nystagmus may occur in the presence of poor vision or good acuity. [aao.org]

[…] childhood is not accompanied by oscillopsia [ 1 ]. [patient.info]

Vestibular Nystagmus

[…] early youth acquired nystagmus syndromes are not accompanied by oscillopsia. [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

Oscillopsia, tinnitus, and hearing loss may also occur. [aao.org]

[…] childhood is not accompanied by oscillopsia [ 1 ]. [patient.info]

Ototoxic Hearing Loss

Loss of vestibular sensitivity causes difficulty walking, especially in the dark, and oscillopsia (a sensation of bouncing of the environment with each step). [msdmanuals.com]

X-Linked Congenital Nystagmus Type 5

Primary-position right hypertropia decreased 50%; foveation time percycle increased 102%; vertical amplitude, oscillopsia, and diplopia were reduced, and fre-quency was unchanged [vdocuments.site]

Oscillopsia consists of illusory, oscillatory movements of the seen environment. [fadavispt.mhmedical.com]

Tomsak, MD, PhD,a,botomy and recession procedures on bothl infantile nystagmus.down (upgaze) position, oscillopsia, strabismus,ssions and inferior rectus tenotomies reducedard [vdocuments.site]

Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like Brain Sclerosis

[…] internuclear ophthalmoplegia (often bilateral) trigeminal neuralgia diplopia (e.g. due to abducens nerve palsy) vertigo cerebellum involvement: ataxia and gait disturbance oscillopsia [radiopaedia.org]

Convergence Nystagmus

[…] childhood is not accompanied by oscillopsia [ 1 ]. [patient.info]

Base-in prisms alleviated symptoms of oscillopsia at near and improving reading visual acuity. [journals.lww.com]

Symptoms included diplopia and oscillopsia. [collections.lib.utah.edu]

Autosomal Dominant Congenital Nystagmus Type 4

[…] childhood is not accompanied by oscillopsia [ 1 ]. [patient.info]

For the patient with oscillopsia, grinding prism into the spectacles may move the visual field to a point of decreased oscillopsia. [healthofchildren.com]

[…] of oscillopsia. [omicsonline.org]

Autosomal Dominant Congenital Nystagmus 7

[…] childhood is not accompanied by oscillopsia [ 1 ]. [patient.info]

Older family members developed ataxic spells and vertical oscillopsia triggered by stress and exercise. [n.neurology.org]

Blurred vision and oscillopsia usually are present. [medtextfree.wordpress.com]

Vestibulocerebellar Ataxia

Interestingly, only one patient reported oscillopsia during locomotion or riding in a car. [jnnp.bmj.com]

Patients usually complain of unsteadiness of gait and stance as well as blurred vision and oscillopsia [ 1 ]. [journals.plos.org]

It may be associated with other symptoms, such as impulsion (a sensation that the body is being hurled or pulled in space), oscillopsia (a visual illusion of moving back and [accessmedicine.mhmedical.com]

Autosomal Dominant Congenital Nystagmus 3

[…] childhood is not accompanied by oscillopsia [ 1 ]. [patient.info]

For the patient with oscillopsia, grinding prism into the spectacles may move the visual field to a point of decreased oscillopsia. [healthofchildren.com]

Older family members developed ataxic spells and vertical oscillopsia triggered by stress and exercise. [n.neurology.org]

Congenital Nystagmus 2, Autosomal Dominant

[…] childhood is not accompanied by oscillopsia [ 1 ]. [patient.info]

For the patient with oscillopsia, grinding prism into the spectacles may move the visual field to a point of decreased oscillopsia. [healthofchildren.com]

Older family members developed ataxic spells and vertical oscillopsia triggered by stress and exercise. [n.neurology.org]

X-Linked Congenital Nystagmus Type 1

Oscillopsia, therefore, is an important indication that the nystagmus is acquired. [eye.com.ph]

[…] childhood is not accompanied by oscillopsia [ 1 ]. [patient.info]

For the patient with oscillopsia, grinding prism into the spectacles may move the visual field to a point of decreased oscillopsia. [healthofchildren.com]

Unilateral Deafness with Delayed Endolymphatic Hydrops

Otologic symptoms are similar to Meniere’s disease but usually bilateral resulting in ataxia and oscillopsia. [otologytextbook.net]

[…] described in 1998 progressive condition vertigo/imbalance pulsatile tinnitus autophony Tullio phenomenon - sound-induced vertigo, disequilibrium or dizziness, nystagmus and oscillopsia [ozemedicine.com]

A variant of perilymph fistula is the superior canal dehiscence syndrome which consists of recurrent attacks of vertigo with vertical-rotational oscillopsia induced by intracranial [neuroweb.us]

Opsoclonus

Therapeutic external ophthalmoplegia with bilateral retrobulbar botulinum toxin- an effective treatment for acquired nystagmus with oscillopsia. [medscape.com]

The resulting symptoms of oscillopsia and visual blurring are attributed to their large amplitude and high frequency. [casereports.bmj.com]

Ocular myoclonyus and oscillopsia. Trans Ophthalmol Soc UK 100:507-508,1980. 11. Jenner P, Pratt JA, Marsden CD. [ijo.in]

Adult-Onset Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia

Oscillopsia is an eye problem caused by involuntary movement of the eyes from side to side or up and down. [nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk]

Cerebellar tremor may improve with primidone and antiepileptics; oscillopsia with memantine and GABA agonists; and spasticity with central anti-spasticity drugs. [practicalneurology.com]

Central Sleep Apnea

A case is presented of an aviator with chronic disequilibrium, oscillopsia, and central sleep apnea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]