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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2015 Jun 17;2(3):267–270. doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12193

Table 1.

The table summarizes pertinent clinical features of six patients with OPTD.

Patient Age/Gender History Nystagmus Palate tremor Dystonia Other movement disorders Pharmacothera py
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 straightahead gaze Yes Torticollis (mild) Right hand (mild), both feet (moderate) Lip tremor, Speech tremor Baclofen, Clonazepam, Botulinum toxin
2 46/M Hemorrhagic stroke in pons and midbrain due 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 post radioablation, 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 due 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, peri-oral 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. Botulinum toxin.
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