Isolated inferior oblique paresis from brain-stem infarction. Perspective on oculomotor fascicular organization in the ventral midbrain tegmentum

O Castro; L N Johnson; A C Mamourian

doi:10.1001/archneur.1990.00530020149032

Isolated inferior oblique paresis from brain-stem infarction. Perspective on oculomotor fascicular organization in the ventral midbrain tegmentum

Arch Neurol. 1990 Feb;47(2):235-7. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1990.00530020149032.

Authors

O Castro¹, L N Johnson, A C Mamourian

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, State University of New York, Syracuse.

PMID: 2405823
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1990.00530020149032

Abstract

We present the case of an isolated inferior oblique muscle paresis from ventral midbrain infarction involving the oculomotor fascicular fibers. Based on this case and a review of the literature, the anatomic organization of the oculomotor nerve fascicles and of the pupillary fibers in the ventral midbrain tegmentum is proposed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain Stem / blood supply*
Cerebral Infarction / complications*
Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Oculomotor Muscles / anatomy & histology*
Oculomotor Muscles / pathology
Ophthalmoplegia / etiology*
Ophthalmoplegia / physiopathology
Tegmentum Mesencephali / anatomy & histology*