ReviewJournal of neurology2012
Clinical and imaging features of the room tilt illusion.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Upside-down vision: a systematic review of the literature.BMJ neurology open · 2022Pooled it
- Paroxysmal Neurology: a Guide to Diagnosing Transient Neurologic Dysfunction in Adults and Adolescents.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2025Review
- Object but no room tilt illusion due to apperceptive visual agnosia in a right parieto-occipital lesion disconnecting visual-spatial integration.Journal of neurology · 2025Article
- Nortriptyline-Induced Room Tilt Illusion.Cureus · 2024Article
- Human senses and sensors from Aristotle to the present.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Review
- Dental procedure induced cerebellar haemorrhage with visual tilt and unsuspected CADASIL.BMJ case reports · 2023Article
- Visual illusions in Parkinson's disease: an interview survey of symptomatology.Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society · 2022Article
- Watching the Effects of Gravity. Vestibular Cortex and the Neural Representation of "Visual" Gravity.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2021Review
- Room tilt illusion and subclavian steal - a case report.BMC neurology · 2020Article
- Room tilt illusion and persistent hiccups as presenting symptoms of a left PICA stroke: a case report.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2020Article
- Vestibular and visual cortex activity during room tilt illusion.Journal of neurology · 2017Article
- The dizzy patient: don't forget disorders of the central vestibular system.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2017Review
- Neuro-otology- some recent clinical advances.Journal of neurology · 2017Review
- [Room tilt illusion: when everything seems to be upside down].Der Nervenarzt · 2014Article
- Towards a concept of disorders of "higher vestibular function".Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2014Article
- [Anglicisms necessary in the clinic? The example of vestibular and oculomotor syndromes].Der Nervenarzt · 2013Article
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Abstract
Room tilt illusion (RTI) is a transient disorder of the environmental visuo-spatial perception consisting of paroxysmal tilts of the visual scene. It is attributed to an erroneous cortical mismatch of the visual and vestibular three-dimensional coordinate maps. Thirteen subjects were included in this retrospective case series. Clinical presentation was 180º rotation of the visual scene following the coronal plane in seven patients. The most common cause for RTI in our series was posterior circulation ischaemia (five cases). Cases of endolymphatic sac tumour, critical illness neuropathy, acute traumatic myelopathy and multiple system atrophy causing RTI are reported for the first time. No case of supratentorial focal lesion was found. In order to describe the clinical and imaging features of RTI, 135 cases previously reported in the literature were reviewed along with our series. There was a male predominance (60.2 %). Mean age was 51.2 ± 20.3 years. The most common location of the injury was the central nervous system (CNS) (61.4 %). Supratentorial and infratentorial structures accounted for the same frequency of lesions. The most common aetiology was cerebral ischaemia (infarction or transient ischaemic episode; 27.7 %). These patients were significantly older and their lesions commonly involved posterior fossa structures when compared to patients with non-vascular disorders. In summary, RTI is a manifestation of several CNS and vestibular disorders, and rarely of peripheral nervous system disorders, triggered by disruption of vestibular and sensory perception or integration. Cerebral ischaemic disorders are the most common aetiology for this rare syndrome.
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