title: Periodic saccadic oscillations and tinnitus.
abstract: A man with essential hypertension developed stereotyped cycles of oscillopsia and bilateral "sparking" tinnitus. Eye movement recordings showed cycles of disconjugate opsoclonus, square-wave jerks, and saccadic dynamic overshoot disrupting stable fixation. Neuroimaging studies were normal. We postulate a lesion episodically disturbing saccade-related neurons and central auditory neurons in the pons.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Branch, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, TX.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tychsen
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Engelken
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010507:Periodicity; D011149:Pons / Q000503:physiopathology; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000503:physiopathology*