Neurology 2001-Sep
Oculomotor synkinesis following a midbrain stroke.
Vetëm përdoruesit e regjistruar mund të përkthejnë artikuj
Identifikohuni Regjistrohu
Lidhja ruhet në kujtesën e fragmenteve
Fjalë kyçe
Abstrakt
A 33-year-old man developed a complete third nerve palsy in the setting of acute bacterial endocarditis. MRI revealed an ischemic stroke in the cerebral peduncle involving the third nerve fascicle. Subsequently, he was observed to have paradoxic elevation of the eyelid on adduction and downgaze. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first demonstration of oculomotor synkinesis after an acquired, ischemic CNS lesion.