Effects of cerebellectomy on eye movements in man

Arch Neurol. 1979 May;36(5):281-4. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1979.00500410059008.

Abstract

A patient with a right hemicerebellectomy and recurrence of a tumor on the left cerebellar hemisphere was examined regarding oculomotor and vestibuloocular functions. The findings were as follows: inability to maintain eccentric gaze; defective smooth pursuit system; failure to suppress by visual fixation the nystagmus induced by sinusoidal horizontal rotations; moderate increase of the vestibulo-ocular reflex gain when rotated in the dark; relative preservation of the slow phases of the optokinetic nystagmus, as compared to the slow phases induced by tracking a pendulum; decreased gain of the vestibulo-ocular reflex when rotated with the lights on fixating the environment; square wave jerks; and no saccadic dysmetria.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Cerebellum / physiology*
  • Eye Movements*
  • Female
  • Fixation, Ocular
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / surgery*
  • Reflex
  • Saccades
  • Vestibule, Labyrinth / physiology