Opsoclonus in The Dark

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Identifier 166-12
Title Opsoclonus in The Dark
Creator Shirley H. Wray, MD, PhD, FRCP
Contributors David Zee, MD
Affiliation (SHW) Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Unit for Neurovisual Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital; (DZ) Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Subject Saccadic Oscillations; Paraneoplastic Opsoclonus; Oscillopsia; Opsoclonus; Saccadomania
History N/A
Disease/Diagnosis Opsoclonus
Presenting Symptom This unique video of opsoclonus was made by Dr. David S. Zee at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who played back the record of the patient's opsoclonus onto an oscilloscope screen. The bright spot corresponds to the direction of gaze due to rapid spontaneous multidirectional saccades. Watching this video makes it clear why Cogan used the term "chaotic oscillations" to describe opsoclonus. Cogan DG. Ocular dysmetria: flutter like oscillations of the eyes and opsoclonus. Arch Ophthalmol 1954;51:318-335. For a complete overview of opsoclonus in childhood, I recommend you review all the cases in this collection. ID 166-4 Neonatal Opsoclonus ID 166-6 Parainfectious Opsoclonus ID 166-12 Opsoclonus in the Dark ID 936-1 Neonatatal Opsoclonus ID 936-8 Paraneoplastic Opsoclonus Downbeat Nystagmus ID 936-8 is a very instructive case, previously published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1995. The child presented with paraneoplastic opsoclonus due to an occult neuroblastoma. How to investigate a child with opsoclonus is fully outlined in ID936-8. Interested readers are referred to Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology. Editors: Brodsky MC, Baker RS, Hamed LM. Spinger-Verlag, New York, Inc. 1996.
Ocular Movements Opsoclonus
Language eng
Format video/mp4
Type Image/MovingImage
Source 16 mm Film
Relation is Part of 166-3, 166-4, 166-6, 931-1, 936-8
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library - Shirley H. Wray Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Wray/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2002. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6n32tj9
Setname ehsl_novel_shw
ID 188618
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n32tj9