Truncal Contrapulsion in Pretectal Syndrome

Truncal contrapulsion in association with pretectal syndrome has not been described previously. We report a patient with vertical-gaze palsy and severe truncal contrapulsion due to an infarction in the mesodiencephalic junction. Truncal contrapulsion in this patient may have resulted from the disrup...

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Autores principales: Heo, Jae-Hyeok, Kim, Ji Soo, Lee, Kyung-Bok, Jung, Keun-Hwa, Kim, Hyun-Kyung, Kim, Sung-Hun, Roh, Jae-Kyu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neurological Association 2006
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2854948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20396490
http://dx.doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2006.2.1.78
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Sumario:Truncal contrapulsion in association with pretectal syndrome has not been described previously. We report a patient with vertical-gaze palsy and severe truncal contrapulsion due to an infarction in the mesodiencephalic junction. Truncal contrapulsion in this patient may have resulted from the disruption of the ascending fibers in the crossed cerebellothalamic tract.

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