Dysconjugate gaze in hepatic coma.
During an episode of hepatic encephalopathy, an elderly woman developed ocular divergence at rest and dysconjugate gaze after caloric stimulation. Metabolic encephalopathy may rarely produce oculomotor dysfunction, usually attributed to structural brainstem lesions.
D000368:Aged; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans