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Positional nystagmus

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Positional nystagmus occurs with certain positions of the head and is often accompanied by true rotatory vertigo.

Positional nystagmus associated with a peripheral pathology is usually short-lived and fatiguable unlike that associated with a central pathology which may change in direction and does not fatigue.

Positional nystagmus is seen in:

  • benign paroxysmal positional nystagmus
  • central - malignant - positional nystagmus

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