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

• Kim JM
• Lee HL
• Im JH
• Min SH
• Nam TS
• Lee SH

• KMID: 2467747
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2019.15.2.268

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Hemangioma, Cavernous*
Paralysis*
Pontine Tegmentum*

Figure

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  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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