A Small Dorsal Pontine Infarction Presenting with Total Gaze Palsy Including Vertical Saccades and Pursuit.
- Author:
Eugene LEE
1
;
Ji Soo KIM
;
Jong Sung KIM
;
Ha Seob SONG
;
Seung Min KIM
;
Sun Uk KWON
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Ophthalmoplegia; Pontine infarction; Omnipause neurons
- MeSH: Aged; Humans; Infarction*; Ocular Motility Disorders; Ophthalmoplegia; Paralysis*; Saccades*
- From:Journal of Clinical Neurology 2007;3(4):208-211
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: A small localized infarction in the dorsal pontine area can cause various eye-movement disturbances, such as abducens palsy, horizontal conjugate gaze palsy, internuclear ophthalmoplegia, and one-and-a-half syndrome. However, complete loss of vertical saccades and pursuit with horizontal gaze palsy has not been reported previously in a patient with a small pontine lesion. We report a 67-year-old man with a small dorsal caudal pontine infarct who exhibited total horizontal gaze palsy as well as loss of vertical saccades and pursuit.
