Bilateral ocular motor signs after tentorial herniation in 25 patients.
Twenty-five patients with upper brain-stem damage after severe transtentorial herniation showed a variety of residual oculomotor signs. Pupillary abnormalities (19 patients), ptosis (15 patients), internuclear ophthalmoparesis (13 patients), vertical gaze paresis (14 patients), and third-nerve dysfunction (11 patients) were the principal findings.
D000328:Adult; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*