Bruns nystagmus
Asymmetrical jerk nystagmus from cerebellopontine angle tumours.
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Bruns nystagmus is a rare, bilateral, and asymmetrical jerk nystagmus often linked to cerebellopontine angle tumors. It features a coarse, large, slow nystagmus when looking toward the lesion, and a fine, small, fast nystagmus in straight-ahead gaze that worsens when looking away. This distinctive combination is a key neurological localizing sign.
Quick Facts
- Occurrence in vestibular schwannoma
- 11%
- Named after
- Ludwig Bruns (1858 – 1915)
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More in Disorders of Ocular Muscles, Binocular Movement, Accommodation and Refraction
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- Wikipedia: Bruns nystagmus (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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