title: Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy following midbrain infarction.
abstract: A 62 year-old male patient presented with isolated oculomotor nerve palsy following a small infarction of the medial ventral midbrain, documented by magnetic resonance imaging. There was a 12-year history of hypertension, but no diabetes mellitus. Angiography revealed atherosclerosis of the paramedian mesencephalic arteries. Magnetic resonance imaging may be useful in patients with small brain stem infarctions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Minamata City General Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hitoshi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ushio
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D002537:Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013681:Tegmentum Mesencephali / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology