Diagnosaurus
Nystagmus
DDx
- Congenital nystagmus
- Medications, eg, anticonvulsants, lithium
- Alcohol intoxication
- Demyelinating disease, eg, multiple sclerosis
- Vertebrobasilar insufficiency
- Brainstem stroke
- Head trauma
- Positioning vertigo
- Thiamine deficiency
- Magnesium deficiency
- Neoplasm
- Arnold–Chiari malformation
- Encephalitis
- Extreme lateral gaze (often normal)
- Opticokinetic nystagmus (normal; occurs when one attempts to focus on a rapidly moving object, eg, a train)
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Nystagmus." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/115046/all/Nystagmus.
Zeiger RFR. Nystagmus. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/115046/all/Nystagmus. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Nystagmus. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/115046/all/Nystagmus
Zeiger RFR. Nystagmus [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/115046/all/Nystagmus.
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