Sentences with phrase «positional nystagmus»

It is a positional nystagmus; therefore it may be present in some head positions (with respect to gravity), but not in others.

If nystagmus occurs only when the head is placed in an unusual position (e.g., laterally or dorsally), it is known as positional nystagmus.

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Signs of vestibular disease include: falling, rolling, tilting of the head, circling, nystagmus, positional strabismus (deviation of one eye in some head positions), and an asymmetrical ataxia.

Inner ear disease, which actually involves the receptors and vestibular nerve within the petrosal bone, usually produces other signs in addition to the ipsilateral head tilt — falling, rolling, circling, nystagmus, positional strabismus, asymmetrical ataxia.