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. 1992 Nov;76(11):697–699. doi: 10.1136/bjo.76.11.697

Eye movement tics.

F Shawkat 1, C M Harris 1, M Jacobs 1, D Taylor 1, E M Brett 1
PMCID: PMC504381  PMID: 1477052

Abstract

An 8-year-old girl presented with opsoclonus-like eye movement and an 18 month history of intermittent facial tics. Investigations were all normal. Electro-oculography showed the eye movements to be of variable amplitude (10-40 degrees), with no intersaccadic interval, and with a frequency of 3-4 Hz. Saccades, smooth pursuit, optokinetic, and vestibular reflexes were all normal. These abnormal eye movements eventually disappeared. It is thought that they were a form of ocular tics.

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