Combined Facial and Contralateral Trochlear Nerve Palsy in a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus.
- Author:
Chol Jay CHOI
1
;
Sa Yoon KANG
;
Ji Hoon KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Cheju National University, College of Medicine, Jeju, Korea. iguazzu@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Diabetes mellitus;
Cranial nerve palsy;
Brainstem infarction
- MeSH:
Brain Stem;
Brain Stem Infarctions;
Cranial Nerve Diseases;
Cranial Nerves;
Diabetes Mellitus*;
Facial Paralysis;
Humans;
Infarction;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Paralysis;
Trochlear Nerve Diseases*;
Trochlear Nerve*
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2006;24(2):166-168
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
There is an increasing number of reports that the lesion site in isolated cranial neuropathies may be the brainstem. The authors describe a diabetic patient with peripheral type facial palsy and concurrent trochlear palsy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed only a small pontine infarction responsible for the facial palsy. Multiple cranial nerve palsies seen in this patient might be a manifestation of multiple acute small infarcts involving both the brainstem and its cranial nerve root simultaneously.
