Alternating Hemiplegia with Ipsilateral Supranuclear Facial Palsy and Abducens Nerve Palsy Caused by Pontine Infarction

A 62-year-old right-handed man was diagnosed with a cerebral infarction in the ventromedial region of the left lower pons. He showed left abducens nerve palsy, left-sided supranuclear palsy of the lower part of the face and right hemiparesis. We hypothesized that the mechanism underlying the patient...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 2016/08/01, Vol.55(15), pp.2073-2075
Hauptverfasser:	Maeshima, Shinichiro, Tsunoda, Tetsuya, Okamoto, Sayaka, Ozeki, Yasunori, Sonoda, Shigeru
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abducens Nerve Diseases - etiology alternating hemiplegia Cerebral Infarction - complications corticofacial fibers Facial Nerve Diseases - etiology facial palsy Facial Paralysis - etiology Hemiplegia - etiology Humans Male Middle Aged Pons - blood supply pontine infarction
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Zusammenfassung:	A 62-year-old right-handed man was diagnosed with a cerebral infarction in the ventromedial region of the left lower pons. He showed left abducens nerve palsy, left-sided supranuclear palsy of the lower part of the face and right hemiparesis. We hypothesized that the mechanism underlying the patient's ipsilateral supranuclear facial palsy involved the corticofacial fibers after they crossed the midline.
ISSN:	0918-2918 1349-7235
DOI:	10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6603