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Pontine-crossed paralysis consequent to multiple trauma: case report
T M Keller1, E R Hirvela, V L Williams
1Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, Davis-East Bay, Oakland 94602, USA.
The Journal of Trauma
|November 1, 1996
Abstract:
The case of a multiple trauma victim with a brain-stem injury, resulting in a syndrome of pontine-crossed paralysis, is presented. Demonstration of these disorders in the setting of multiple trauma is highly unusual, but the diagnosis is established quickly and accurately through magnetic resonance imaging. A possible mechanism of injury is presented for discussion.
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