| Title |
Complete bilateral ophthalmoplegia resistant to caloric stimulation in bilateral paramedian midbrain-thalamic infarction. |
| Creator |
Tola-Arribas, Miguel Angel; Vara-Castrodeza, Alejandro; Alonso-Santor, Juan Ernesto |
| Affiliation |
Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Ro Hortega, Valladolid, Spain |
| Abstract |
A 79-year-old woman who developed bilateral paramedian midbrain-thalamic infarction manifested complete bilateral ophthalmoplegia resistant to caloric stimulation, indicating impairment of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR). Previous reports have mentioned this phenomenon but have not explicitly reported the results of caloric testing. Why a lesion apparently confined to the upper brainstem should produce impairment of the horizontal VOR remains unexplained. |
| Subject |
Older people; Caloric Tests; Fatal Outcome; Female; Humans; Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mesencephalon; Ophthalmoplegia; Thalamus |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
226362 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vm7jb7/226362 |
