A Small Dorsal Pontine Infarction Presenting with Total Gaze Palsy Including Vertical Saccades and Pursuit |
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| Authors: | Eugene Lee Ji Soo Kim Jong Sung Kim Ha Seob Song Seung Min Kim Sun Uk Kwon |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea.;aDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University, Bundang Hospital, Korea. |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | Ophthalmoplegia Pontine infarction Omnipause neurons |
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