Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Small, quick, side-to-side eye movements (nystagmus) - both eyes are involved, but each eye may move differently
- Head nodding
- Head tilting
Signs and tests
A neurologic examination confirms the presence of the symptoms.
Tests may include:
CT scan of the head -
MRI scan of the head
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Spasmus nutans Treatment
Review Date: 03/31/2011
Reviewed By: Kevin Sheth, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Maryland
School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed
Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, III, MD,
Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of
Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine;David Zieve,
MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
