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Recurrent Vertigo in Vestibular Schwannoma Responsive to Oxcarbazepine
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Jae Hwan Choi, Min Ji Kim, Kwang Dong Choi, Dae Soo Jung
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Res Vestib Sci. 2013;12(2):58-61.
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- Vestibular schwannoma (VS) are benign neoplasms that arise from Schwann cells of the eighth cranial nerve. Although progressive unilateral hearing loss with dizziness or disequilibrium provides a high suspicion index of VS, vertigo is the symptom causing the most pronounced negative effect on quality of life in patients with VS. We report a 55-year-old woman with recurrent paroxysmal vertigo and hyperventilation-induced nystagmus due to VS, which improved by oxcarbazepine treatment. We suggest that episodic vertigo in VS may be ascribed to the ectopic paroxysmal neuronal discharge from the partially demyelinated vestibular nerve due to tumor compression.
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Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia Following Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
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Se Jin Oh, Kwang Dong Choi, Dae Soo Jung
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J Korean Bal Soc. 2008;7(2):204-206.
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- A 44-year-old woman presented with horizontal diplopia 2 days after spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurological examination disclosed bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia and neck stiffness. Neurovascular imagings documented subarachnoid and intraventriclar hemorrhage with an aneurysm arising from the left superior cerebellar artery, and vasogenic edema in the bilateral pontomesencephalic junction. Parenchymal vasogenic edema due to microvascular damage may give rise to bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia during the acute stage of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Key words: Bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia, Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage, Vasogenic edema
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Tonic inward and downward deviation of the eye
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Kwang Dong Choi, Dae Soo Jung, Ji Soo Kim
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J Korean Bal Soc. 2003;2(1):133-137.
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- Background
Tonic inward and downward deviation of the eyes ('peering at the tip of the nose') is regarded as a unique feature of thalamic hemorrhage, but the mechanisms of this ocular finding remain obscure.
Objective: To report on four patients who showed tonic inward and downward deviations of the eyes from either brainstem or thalamic lesions, and to discuss the possible mechanisms involved.
Design: Case report
Setting: Secondary and tertiary referral hospitals
Results
One patient developed alternating esotropia with downward ocular deviation from thalamic hemorrhage compressing the midbrain. Two patients showed multiple infarctions in the territory of the posterior circulation with or without the involvement of the thalamus. Another patient had lateral pontine hemorrhage extending up to the midbrain tegmentum. Ocular bobbing preceded or accompanied tonic ocular deviation in three patients.
Conclusion
Tonic inward and downward deviation of the eye may develop in thalamic or brainstem lesions. Irritation or destruction of the neural structures involved in the vergence and vertical gaze may cause this ocular sign in mesodiencephalic lesions. Skew deviation and esotropia from abduction deficit may be involved in some patients. Ocular bobbing and tonic downward deviation may share a common pathophysiology.
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