Mesencephalic Cleft: Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Identifier 20090224_nanos_posters_031.pdf
Title Mesencephalic Cleft: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Creator Lueck, Christian; Ahmad, Omar
Subject mesencephalic cleft; keyhole aqueduct; internuclear ophthalmoplegia
Description A 44 year old male was referred from another physician with features of bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and facial weakness. Symptoms has been slowly evolving over 7 years and previous investigation was unrewarding. He had previously been diagnosed as suffering from multiple sclerosis, but steroids had had no effect. An MRI scan showed a mesencephalic cleft with minor abnormalities of the fourth ventricle which was considered to explain the clinical features after review of the literature.
Date 2009-02-24
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2009 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2009: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6s49z92
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Secondary Steven Galetta, MD; Lynn Gordon, MD, PhD
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 180588
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s49z92
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