Circumscribed unilateral lower pontine lesion

The lesion incorporates the right medial longitudinal fasciculus, the more ventral pontine paramedian reticular formation, and sixth nerve nucleus causing the "one and a half syndrome", 1 the right facial nerve, trapezoid body (auditory relay centre), and medial lemniscus (above its decuss...

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Published inJournal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry Vol. 75; no. 12; p. 1707
Main Authors Gormley, K M, Gutowski, N J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.12.2004
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Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Central Nervous System Viral Diseases - complications
Contralateral hemiplegia
Demyelinating Diseases - complications
Demyelinating Diseases - virology
Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology
Female
Foville’s syndrome
Hemiplegia - etiology
Humans
Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical sciences
Neurological Picture
Neurology
NMR
Non tumoral diseases
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Pons - pathology
pontine lesion
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Nervous system diseases
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Summary:The lesion incorporates the right medial longitudinal fasciculus, the more ventral pontine paramedian reticular formation, and sixth nerve nucleus causing the "one and a half syndrome", 1 the right facial nerve, trapezoid body (auditory relay centre), and medial lemniscus (above its decussation; minor left dorsal column signs).
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Correspondence to:
 K M Gormley
 Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, Devon, UK
PMID:15548487
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ISSN:0022-3050
1468-330X
DOI:10.1136/jnnp.2004.040105