oscillopsia

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oscillopsia

[os″ĭ-lop´se-ah]

a visual sensation that stationary objects are swaying back and forth.

os·cil·lop·si·a

(os'i-lop'sē-ă),

The subjective sensation of oscillation of objects viewed.

Synonym(s): oscillating vision

[L. oscillo, to swing, + G. opsis, vision]

oscillopsia

/os·cil·lop·sia/ (os″ĭ-lop´se-ah) a visual sensation that stationary objects are swaying back and forth.

oscillopsia

[os′silop′sē·ə]

abnormal jerky eye movements which are commonly associated with multiple sclerosis but can also result from head injury. They create a subjective sensation that the environment is oscillating.

os·cil·lop·si·a

(os'i-lop'sē-ă)

The subjective sensation of oscillation of objects viewed.
Synonym(s): oscillating vision.

[L. oscillo, to swing, + G. opsis, vision]

oscillopsia

Vision in which objects appear to oscillate. It may be due to acquired nystagmus, loss of vestibular function, neurosis, multiple sclerosis, in superior oblique myokymia, etc.

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The resulting symptoms include headache, nausea, dizziness, stomach discomfort, eyestrain, oscillopsia, and postural ataxia (Kennedy et al.

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Oscillopsia is often so debilitating that those afflicted find it difficult to stand upright and have particular difficulty in any situation in which other objects are moving within their visual field (e.

Dizziness in the Elderly and Age-related Degeneration of the Vestibular System

For example, the presence of oscillopsia (illusory motion of the world) can be extremely debilitating and disorientating, making visual information difficult to interpret.

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A 41-year-old man was referred to our tertiary care otoneurology center for evaluation of dizziness, oscillopsia, deafness in the right ear, and disabling tinnitus in the presence of normal hearing in the left ear.

Large bilateral internal auditory meatus associated with bilateral superior semicircular canal dehiscence

Oscillopsia can occur with ataxic nystagmus; more rarely there are nuclear or infranuclear III, IV or VI nerve palsies and gaze palsies.