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Medial pontine syndrome Classification and external resources
Pons. (Medial pontine syndrome affects structures at the bottom of the diagram: the corticospinal tract, abducens nerve, and occasionally the facial nerve. Medial lemniscus is also affected, but not pictured.)ICD-10 G46.3 Medial inferior pontine syndrome is a condition associated with a contralateral hemiplegia.
"Medial inferior pontine syndrome" has been described as equivalent to Foville's syndrome.[1]
Contents
Presentation
Although medial pontine syndrome has many similarities to medial medullary syndrome, because it is located higher up the brainstem in the pons, it affects a different set of cranial nuclei.
Structure affected Presentation Corticospinal tract Contralateral spastic hemiparesis Medial lemniscus Contralateral PCML loss (tactile, vibration, and stereognosis) Abducens nerve Strabismus (ipsilateral lateral rectus muscle paralysis - the affected eye looks down and towards the nose). Abducens nerve lesion localizes the lesion to inferior pons. Depending upon the size of the infarct, it can also involve the facial nerve.
Cause
Medial pontine syndrome results from occlusion of paramedian branches of the basilar artery.
References
External links
CNS disease, Vascular disease: Cerebrovascular diseases (G45–G46 and I60–I69, 430–438) Brain ischemia/
cerebral infarction
(ischemic stroke/TIA)precerebral: Anterior spinal artery syndrome · Vertebrobasilar insufficiency (Subclavian steal syndrome)brainstem: medulla (Medial medullary syndrome, Lateral medullary syndrome) · pons (Medial pontine syndrome/Foville's, Lateral pontine syndrome/Millard-Gubler) · midbrain (Weber's, Benedikt, Claude's)GeneralIntracranial hemorrhage
(hemorrhagic stroke)Extra-axialBrainstemAneurysm Other/general Categories:- Disease stubs
- Stroke
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