TERMINATING ATTACKS OF OCULAR NEUROMYOTONIA

We examined a 30-year-old woman who, for 6 months, had suffered from o cular neuromyotonia, which consisted of episodic ocular depression. Ap art from the ocular complaint, her medical history and the clinical fi ndings were unremarkable. The patient discovered that she could termin ate each episode of tonic ocular depression instantly by forcefully di recting her gaze upward. Stretching the affected muscle might also pro ve to be an effective way of ending attacks of neuromyotonia in other patients suffering from this condition.