Mal de Debarquement Syndrome with Apogeotropic Positional Nystagmus.
- Author:
Ji Soo KIM
1
;
Chang Ho YUN
;
Kyu Hee HUH
;
Kwang Sik KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Cheju National University, Korea. jisookim@cheju.cheju.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mal de debarquement syndrome;
Positional nystagmus
- MeSH:
Diagnosis, Differential;
Head;
Humans;
Nystagmus, Physiologic*;
Sensation;
Supine Position;
Vertigo
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2002;20(3):292-294
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Mal de debarquement syndrome refers to the prolonged sensation of rocking and swaying that is experienced on the return to land following a sea voyage or an air travel. We report a man who developed mal de debarquement syndrome after a 4-day-boat-trip. Apogeotropic nystagmus during head turning in supine position was the only finding. Mal de debarquement syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis of direction-changing positional nystagmus, especially when patients do not complain of vertigo with nystagmus.
