Gunshot wound to the pons with functional neuroanatomical and electrophysiological correlation.
We describe a patient with a gunshot wound to the brain that traversed the left cerebellar hemisphere and terminated in the left lateral midpons. The clinical findings, operative course, neuroradiographic features, and evoked potential data are correlated with the functional anatomy of the pons. It is possible to demonstrate that a local lesion in the lateral pons causes a hemiparesis, worse in the upper extremity, thus suggesting a somatotopic localization of the pontine corticospinal tract not previously described.
D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011149:Pons / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal / Q000209:etiology*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*