Table 1.
Patient | Age/Gender | History | Nystagmus | Palate Tremor | Dystonia | Other Movement Disorders | Pharmacotherapy |
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1 | 48/F | Resection of deep cerebellar mass | Torsional and vertical nystagmus on slight left gaze, nystagmus increases with further eccentric left gaze, no nystagmus on straight‐ahead gaze | Yes | Torticollis (mild), right hand (mild), both feet (moderate) | Lip tremor, speech tremor | Baclofen, clonazepam, BoTN |
2 | 46/M | Hemorrhagic stroke in pons and midbrain owing to unknown etiology | Coarse irregular dysconjugate eye oscillatiions in horizontal, and vertical directions | Yes | Left laterocollis (mild), right torticollis (mild), right hand | Head tremor | memantine |
3 | 26/M | Pliocytic astrocytoma status postradioablation, hemorrhage | Horizontal and vertical pendular nystagmus in straight‐ahead and eccentric gaze | No | Low face dystonia | Upper extremity ataxia | Leviteracetam (for history of seizure) |
4 | 42/F | Infarction of brainstem, left cerebellar hemisphere, superior vermis, left superior cerebellar peduncle, thalamus, and left occipital cortex owing to vertebral artery dissection | Irregular, coarse, disconjugate oscillations of both eyes in all three axes, more prominent nystagmus in vertical axis | Yes | Torticollis (mild), right‐hand dystonia (mild) | Both appendicular ataxia, mild head tremor, perioral twiches | memantine, gabapentin, clonazepam |
5 | 56/M | Pontine stroke | Prominent horizontal and mild torsional nystagmus in primary gaze; no change in eccentric gaze, enucleation of the left eye | Yes | Moderate‐to‐severe torticollis, mild retrocollis, mild shoulder elevation | Upper appendicular ataxia | BoTN |
6 | 48/M | Pontine hemorrhagic stroke after AVM rupture and fall | Horizontal, vertical, and torsional coars, irregular, disconjugate nystagmus | Yes | Moderate‐to‐severe torticollis, mild laterocollis, moderate bilateral hand dystonia, bilateral foot dystonia | memantine |
AVM, arteriovenous malformation.