title: [Ocular and head movements in infarctions of the thalamic region].
abstract: Oculomotor disorders in 22 infarctions in the thalamic region are recorded. Clinical examination and electro-oculography (17 cases) showed that paramedian thalamo-subthalamic lesions were responsible for clear deficits: upgaze paralysis and in some cases downgaze paralysis, partial paresis of the oculomotor nerve, deficits of lateral eye movements, myosis, paralysis of head flexion combined with downgaze paralysis. Postero-median choroid artery infarction was associated with upgaze paresis, slight deficit of lateral eye movements and myosis. Postero-lateral choroid artery infarction resulted in a partial visual field defect and in some cases, a contralateral hypometria; myosis was slight and inconstant. Infarctions of the internal capsule (anterior choroid artery, deep branches of the middle cerebral artery) were associated with a deficit of contralateral saccades. Ocular pursuit, when possible, was often saccadic, whatever the site of the infarction. This prevailed with gaze towards the lesion side.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries; D002536:Cerebral Arteries; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002831:Choroid Plexus / Q000098:blood supply; D004585:Electrooculography; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000098:blood supply; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology; D011680:Pupil / Q000502:physiology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000098:blood supply*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: La motricité oculaire et céphalique dans les infarctus de la région thalamique.