Clinicoradiologic Correlation in Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia Revealing a Ruptured Pontine Abscess

Yassine Mebrouk1, Fatima Ez-Zahra Mabrouki2

  • 1Department of Neurology, University Hospital Mohammed VI, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed I University, Oujda, MAR.

Cureus
|January 12, 2026
PubMed
Summary

Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO), a rare sign, can indicate a brainstem abscess. Early MRI diagnosis and antibiotic treatment led to full recovery in a patient with this exceptional infectious etiology.