Open AccessRoving eye movements in a patient with hypoglycemic coma
Author(s) -
Asakura Takanori,
Mori Nobuaki
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.229
Subject(s) - coma (optics) , medicine , brainstem , eye movement , differential diagnosis , ophthalmology , pathology , physics , optics
Key Clinical Message Roving eye movements are the sign of cortical dysfunction not involving the brainstem. This finding is useful in the differential diagnosis of impaired consciousness and indicates cerebral damage in patients with hypoglycemic coma.