Upward gaze paralysis following unilateral pretectal infarction. Computerized tomography correlation.
Sudden paralysis of upward gaze developed in a 47-year-old diabetic woman. Computerized tomographic scan and subsequent studies were consistent with a unilateral pretectal infarction. The mechanisms of upward gaze are discussed.
D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed