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Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges (PLEDS) and nystagmus retractorius
Author(s) -
Young G. Bryan,
Brown John D.,
Bolton Charles F.,
Sibbald William M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410020110
Subject(s) - nystagmus , audiology , psychology , medicine , neuroscience
A 57‐year‐old diabetic woman presented with focal right‐sided seizures and hyperglycemia. She later showed periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges (PLEDs), originating in the left hemisphere, which were temporally associated with nystagmus retractorius. It appears that the left hemisphere epileptiform activity diffusely excited brainstem structures via polysynaptic pathways to produce the nystagmus.