Vertical Gaze Palsy Caused by Selective Unilateral Rostral Midbrain Infarction
Misato Yokose1, Kohei Furuya1, Masayuki Suzuki1
1Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Abstract:
Vertical gaze palsy is rarely a neurological symptom, although it has been observed in some cases. Here, we report the case of a patient presenting with complete upward and downward gaze palsy. In this case, a small lesion in the left rostral midbrain was observed on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images, and the lesion was considered to cause the ocular symptom. We consider that vertical gaze palsy is an important clue to an accurate topical diagnosis of a brain lesion.
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