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Hemi-seesaw nystagmus in a patient with acute infarction in the superior cerebellar artery territory

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  1. Department of Neurology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 56 Dalseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu, 700-712, Republic of Korea

    Hyung Lee & Hyun Ah Kim

  2. Brain Research Institute, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea

    Hyung Lee & Hyun Ah Kim

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Dr. Kim conducted the design and conceptualization of the study, interpretation of the data, and revising the manuscript. Dr. Lee wrote the manuscript, and analyzed and interpreted the data.

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On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest. Dr. Lee serves on the editorial boards of the Research in Vestibular Science, Frontiers in Neuro-otology, and Current Medical Imaging Review. Dr. Kim reports no disclosures.

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The patient shows an extorsional downbeat nystagmus on the right eye and intorsional upbeat nystagmus on the left eye with horizontal component to the left side in the primary position. Videonystagmographic recording shows vertical eye movements. Note the patient also has a comitant hypertropia on the right eye (i.e., skew deviation) and head tilt to the left side. LV=vertical eye movement of the left eye; RV= vertical eye movement of the right eye (AVI 22405 kb)

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Lee, H., Kim, H.A. Hemi-seesaw nystagmus in a patient with acute infarction in the superior cerebellar artery territory. J Neurol 265, 1219–1221 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-018-8839-2

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