Eye movement tics

Br J Ophthalmol. 1992 Nov;76(11):697-9. doi: 10.1136/bjo.76.11.697.

Abstract

An 8-year-old girl presented with opsoclonus-like eye movement and an 18 month history of intermittent facial tics. Investigations were all normal. Electro-oculography showed the eye movements to be of variable amplitude (10-40 degrees), with no intersaccadic interval, and with a frequency of 3-4 Hz. Saccades, smooth pursuit, optokinetic, and vestibular reflexes were all normal. These abnormal eye movements eventually disappeared. It is thought that they were a form of ocular tics.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Electrooculography
  • Face
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ocular Motility Disorders / etiology*
  • Tic Disorders / complications*