J Clin Neurol.  2019 Apr;15(2):268-270. 10.3988/jcn.2019.15.2.268.

Selective Unidirectional Saccadic Palsy Due to Cavernous Angioma in the Pontine Tegmentum

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. nrshlee@chonnam.ac.kr

Abstract

No abstract available.


MeSH Terms

Hemangioma, Cavernous*
Paralysis*
Pontine Tegmentum*

Figure

  • Fig. 1 Ocular motor findings and brain MRI of the patient. Horizontal saccades to the left were impaired (A, B), whereas the low-frequency vestibulo-ocular reflex was spared in both directions (C, D). Brain MRI revealed a 8-mm cavernous angioma with minor hemorrhage involving the tegmentum of left lower pons in FLAIR (E), gradient echo (F), and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted (G) images. Direction of attempting a saccade (straight arrows; A, B), direction of head rotation (large curved arrows; C, D), and direction of eye movement (small curved arrows; C, D).


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