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126 924-3Spastic Cerebellar Ataxia of Charlevoix-SaguenayThe patient is a 19 year old high school student who carried the diagnosis of autosomal recessive spastic cerebellar ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay. He was born at term, walked at 9 months and developed well with normal milestones. At age 10 he began to have difficulty speaking, occasional involuntar...Supranuclear Paralysis of Vertical Gaze; Slow Horizontal Hypometric Saccades; Convergence Absent; Saccadic Pursuit; Saccadic Dysmetria; Vertical Oculocephalic Reflex Normal; Optokinetic Nystagmus Absent; Autosomal Recessive Spastic Cerebellar Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay; Supranuclear Paralysis of ...
127 907-3Supranuclear Paralysis of DowngazeJohn Trojanowski and I published this case in Neurology in 1980.(12) At that time, it was one of the first of five reports in the literature of the pathological localization of lesions in the midbrain that are responsible for selective supranuclear paralysis of downgaze. This case is of particula...Somnolence; Supranuclear Paralysis of Downgaze; Vertical Oculocephalic Reflex Normal; Absent Convergence; Skew Deviation; Ocular Tilt Reaction; Artery of Percheron; Midbrain Infarct; Supranuclear Paralysis of Downgaze Infarct
128 944-7Supranuclear Paralysis of DowngazeThe patient is a 62 year old man who, on getting out of bed one morning, found his eyes did not open fully. The right eye hardly opened at all and the left just a little. He staggered to the bathroom and started to floss his teeth and dropped a piece of floss on the floor. He felt unsteady bend...Supranuclear Paralysis of Downgaze; Vertical Oculocephalic Reflex Normal; Impaired Convergence; Exophoria; Ocular Tilt Reaction; Artery of Percheron; Midbrain Infarct; Supranuclear Paralysis of Downgaze Infarct
129 945-2Supranuclear Paralysis of DowngazeThe patient is a 64 year old man with no major past medical history who, on the day of admission, suddenly developed loss of vision in both eyes and then was unable to open his eyes on his own unless he used his hands. Holding his eyelids open his vision was very blurry. Within minutes he lost con...Somnolence; Bilateral Ptosis; Supranuclear Paralysis of Downgaze; Vertical Oculocephalic Reflex Normal; Absent Convergence; Horizontal Gaze Evoked Nystagmus; Top of the Basilar Syndrome; Artery of Percheron; Thalamic Infarct; Supranuclear Paralysis of Downgaze Infarct; Thalamus Infarct; Downgaze Pal...
130 932-1Supranuclear Paralysis of Up and DowngazeThe patient is a 44 year old woman with a past history of ethanol abuse. She was transferred to the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) on 3/10/93 for evaluation of memory impairment, hypothalamic dysfunction and a one month history of diplopia and ataxia. In February 1992 (13 months PTA), she ...Somnolence; Supranuclear Paralysis of Up and Downgaze; Vertical Gaze Palsy; Absent Convergence; Pendular Vergence Oscillations; Bilateral Lid Nystagmus; Tropheryma Whippelii - Infection; CNS Whipple's Disease; Supranuclear Paralysis of Up and Downgaze Infection - Whipple's Disease
131 166-18Supranuclear Paralysis of Up and DowngazeThis patient presented to the Dementia Clinic for evaluation of forgetfulness, impaired recall memory, lack of attentiveness and spontaneity and progressive impairment of mobility over a period of one year. Neurological examination: The patient was found to have multisystem involvement with: 1. Mi...Positive Glabella Tap; Slow Hypometric Horizontal Saccades; Supranuclear Paralysis of Up and Downgaze Degeneration; Progressive Supranuclear Palsy - Tauopathy; Steele Richardson Olszewski Syndrome; CNS - Degeneration
132 921-1Supranuclear Paralysis of UpgazeThe patient is a 33 year old man who called the police to his apartment at 3 a.m. on the morning of admission. They found his apartment in a state of disarray and realized that he had been down on the floor for some hours and only just able to open the door to let them in. He was admitted to the l...Supranuclear Paralysis of Upgaze Hemorrhage; Bilateral Lid Retraction - Collier's Sign; Convergence Retraction Nystagmus; Vertical Oculocephalic Reflex Normal; Normal Convergence; Light/Near Dissociation of the Pupils; Pretectal Syndrome; Thalamic Hemorrhage; Thalamus Hemorrhage
133 936-5Supranuclear Paralysis of UpgazeThis 84 year old woman carried the following diagnoses: 1. Extrapyramidal movement disorder; Parkinson's disease vs. Progressive supranuclear palsy 2. Hypertension 3. Recurrent left Bell's palsy In 1992, the patient and her family noted that she was drifting to the right when driving. She progress...Lid Retraction; Positive Glabella Tap; Supranuclear Paralysis of Saccadic Upgaze; Pursuit Upgaze Intact; Slow Horizontal Hypometric Saccades; Progressive Supranuclear Palsy - Tauopathy; Steele-Richardson Olszewski Syndrome; CNS - Degeneration Supranuclear Paralysis of Upgaze Degeneration; Slow Hypom...
134 926-1Supranuclear Paralysis of UpgazeThe patient is a 49 year old woman who was in good health until January 17, 1991. When, at work one morning, she had an acute attack of light headedness and double vision and collapsed on the floor without loss of consciousness. She developed a severe retro-orbital headache. She was taken to t...Supranuclear Paralysis of Upgaze Hemorrhage; Convergence Retraction Nystagmus; Vertical Oculocephalic Reflex Normal; Normal Convergence; Skew Deviation; Light/Near Dissociation of the Pupils; Pretectal Syndrome; Midbrain Hemorrhage; Cavernous Angioma; Cavernous Hemangiomas
135 167-11Supranuclear Paralysis of UpgazeThe patient is a 32 year old man who was admitted as an emergency with severe headache and papilledema. On examination he had signs of the Pretectal Syndrome. • Bilateral lid retraction in primary gaze - Collier's sign • Supranuclear paralysis of upgaze (saccades and pursuit) • Full horizon...Supranuclear Paralysis of Upgaze; Bilateral Lid Retraction - Collier's Sign; Convergence Retraction Nystagmus; Vertical Oculocephalic Reflex Normal; Normal Convergence; Light/Near Dissociation of the Pupils; Pretectal Syndrome; Dysgerminoma - Pineal Region Tumor; Lid Retraction; Upgaze Palsy; Dorsal...
136 939-6Supranuclear Paralysis of UpgazeThe patient is a 71 year old woman who was admitted to the Cardiac Unit following an acute "rush to the head", diaphoresis, and palpitations. She felt she was about to faint. She described seeing gold rings in her vision for a few minutes. Past History: Partial complex seizures since 1987. Th...Supranuclear Paralysis of Upgaze Infarct; Bilateral Lid Retraction - Collier's Sign; Convergence Retraction Nystagmus; Vertical Oculocephalic Reflex Normal; Skew Deviation; Light/Near Dissociation of the Pupils; Pretectal Syndrome; Top of the Basilar Syndrome; Midbrain Infarct; Supranuclear Paralysi...
137 943-3Supranuclear Paralysis of UpgazeThe patient is a 37 year old man with a history of intravenous drug abuse, AIDS, and tuberculosis. He presented with a chief complaint of unsteadiness walking for two weeks and vertical diplopia for four days. Past History: Human immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive When his CD4 lymphocyte count b...Supranuclear Paralysis of Upgaze; Bilateral Lid Retraction - Collier's Sign; Convergence Retraction Nystagmus; Vertical Oculocephalic Reflex Normal; Skew Deviation; Pretectal Syndrome; Brainstem Encephalitis; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; CNS Infection; Supranuclear Paralysis of Upgaze Infect...
138 946-3Supranuclear Paralysis of UpgazeThe patient is a 58 year old man who was admitted as an emergency with hypersomnolence, gait ataxia and diplopia. On the night before Thanksgiving he went to bed feeling well. He was awoken by a phone call at 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving day having over slept by 7 hours. He got out of bed to answer th...Supranuclear Paralysis of Vertical Gaze; Convergence Retraction Nystagmus; Vertical Oculocephalic Reflex Normal; Third Nerve Palsy; Pretectal Syndrome Top of the Basilar Syndrome; Thalamic Infarct; Patent Foramen Ovale; Thalamus Infarct; Somnolence
139 162-8Supranuclear Paralysis of UpgazeThis young child presented with headache and unsteadiness. He was found to have obstructive hydrocephalus, aqueduct stenosis and a medulloblastoma. The constellation of clinical eye signs localized to the Dorsal Midbrain and included: • Supranuclear paralysis of upgaze (saccadic and pursuit move...Supranuclear Paralysis of Upgaze; Convergence Retraction Nystagmus; Eyelid Retraction - Collier's Sign; Normal Downgaze; Esotropia; Sixth Nerve Palsy; Dorsal Midbrain Syndrome; Obstructive Hydrocephalus; Aqueduct Stenosis; Medulloblastoma; Increased Intracranial Pressure; Unilateral Sixth Nerve Pals...
140 944-6Supranuclear Vertical Gaze PalsyThis 58 year old woman was referred to Dr. Robert Brown in March 1995 for evaluation of slurred speech. She remained under his care until her death. On examination she had signs of a pseudobulbar palsy: Dysarthria and dysphagia Diminished palatal movement...Supranuclear Paralysis of Up and Downgaze Degeneration; Convergence Insufficiency; Slow Hypometric Horizontal Saccades; Saccadic Breakdown of Horizontal Pursuit; Bulbar Palsy; Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Lou Gehrig's Disease; CNS - Degeneration; Superoxide Dismutase (SOD1) Gene
141 165-9Supranuclear Vertical Gaze PalsyThe patient is a 60 year old woman who was given a diagnosis of Progressive supranuclear palsy six months before she was referred by the Movement Disorders Clinic for evaluation of difficulty reading. Family History: Negative for neurodegenerative disease. Neuro-ophthalmological examination: Sup...Global Supranuclear Vertical Gaze Palsy; Convergence Absent; Prominent Stare; Slow Hypometric Horizontal Saccades; Slow Horizontal Pursuit; Vertical Oculocephalic Reflex Normal; Positive Glabella Tap; Progressive Supranuclear Palsy; Steele Richardson Olszewski Syndrome; Supranuclear Paralysis of Up ...
142 947-3The Prize: An Interview with David H. Hubel Nobel Laureate Physiology or Medicine 1981David H. Hubel is the John Enders University Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. Born in Canada of American parents, he grew up in Montreal, graduated from McGill Medical School, and received training in neurology at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Johns Hopkins Hospital. ...David H. Hubel; Intracellular Microelectrode Recordings of Visual Neurons to Visual Stimuli; AVP Association Areas
143 005-1Third Nerve PalsyThis patient is a 58 year old woman from Peru who, in 1975, developed intermittent headaches and right retro-orbital eye pain. She was seen by several ophthalmologists in South America who were unable to make a diagnosis. In March 1977 she awoke one morning with vertical diplopia most marked on...Ptosis; Third Nerve Palsy; Aberrant Reinnervation of the Third Nerve; Oculomotor Nerve; Parasellar Meningioma; Cavernous Sinus Syndrome; Unilateral Oculomotor Third Nerve Palsy; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy
144 939-2Third Nerve PalsyThe patient is a 57 year old man who carried a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease post CABAG. He was seen in the Massachusetts General Hospital ER with acute double vision and headache and was admitted. Four days prior to admission (PTA) he developed a bifrontal headach...Ptosis; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy; Third Nerve Microinfarct; Oculomotor Nerve; Unilateral Oculomotor Third Nerve Palsy; Fascicular Third Nerve Palsy; Third (Oculomotor)
145 940-3Third Nerve PalsyThis patient is a 46 year old woman from Portugal who was admitted to the Massachusetts General Hospital in September 1986 with ophthalmoplegia of the left eye (OS) and signs of aberrant reinnervation of the third nerve. She presented, in August 1985, with an episode of diplopia. The diplopia was s...Ptosis; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy; Aberrant Reinnervation of the Third Nerve; Paresis of Abduction; Sixth Nerve Palsy; Oculomotor Nerve; Cavernous Sinus Meningioma; Cavernous Sinus Syndrome; Unilateral Oculomotor Third Nerve Palsy; Unilateral Sixth Nerve Palsy
146 932-6Third Nerve PalsyThe patient is an 85 year old man with hypertension and Type II diabetes mellitus. He presented with a ten day history of drooping of the left eye, unaccompanied by eye pain or headache. With the lid elevated he had double vision in all directions of gaze. He came to the Massachusetts General Ho...Ptosis; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy; Oculomotor Nerve; Microinfarction; Unilateral Oculomotor Third Nerve Palsy; Third Nerve Microinfarct; Fascicular Third Nerve Palsy
147 946-6Third Nerve PalsyThe patient is a 50 year old man with Type II Diabetes who presented to an outside hospital in September 1996 with ptosis and an inability to open the right eye. Five months prior to admission (PTA), he had flu-like symptoms with mild fever, sinus congestion and diffuse myalgia in the chest, abdo...Ptosis; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy; Oculomotor Nerve; Meningovascular Syphilis; Heubner's Arteritis; Unilateral Oculomotor Third Nerve Palsy; Third Nerve Microinfarct
148 165-10Titubation OpsoclonusThis 52 year old woman presented with unsteady gait. She was admitted to an outside hospital where a diagnosis was made. 1. Paraneoplastic opsoclonus 2. Paraneoplastic cerebellar syndrome with bilateral limb and gait ataxia and titubation 3. Adenocarcinoma of the breast She was transferred to the M...Titubation; Opsoclonus; Oscillopsia; Saccadic Oscillations; Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Syndrome; Adenocarcinoma of the Breast; Anti-Ri Antibody; Paraneoplastic Opsoclonus; Divergence
149 937-2Transient Monocular BlindnessThe patient is a 61 year old lawyer who carried a diagnoses of late onset diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and glaucoma. He presented with transient blurred vision in his left eye (OS) In June 1989 whilst standing in the intense sunlight in the parking lot of a shopping mall, the p...Sunlight Provoked Transient Monocular Blindness; Low Pressure Retinopathy; Ipsilateral Internal and External Carotid Occlusive Disease; Ischemic Eye Syndrome; Retinal Stroke; Transient; Transient Visual Loss; Ocular Ischemic Syndrome
150 167-10Unilateral Horizontal Gaze PalsyThe patient is a 62 year old woman with known hypertension. She was referred by her PCP because she could not move her eyes fully and look left. Neuro-ophthalmological examination: Visual acuity, fields, pupils and fundi normal Ocular Motility: • Slight head turn to the left • Conjugate dev...Unilateral Horizontal Gaze Palsy; Conjugate Deviation of the Eyes; Normal Convergence; Oculocephalic Reflex Normal; Pontine Infarct; Unilateral Horizontal Gaze Palsy Infarct
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