Cerebral ptosis revisited.
We studied nine patients with cerebral ptosis and gaze deviation following an acute stroke. The brains of all nine showed an extensive lesion in the fronto-parieto-temporal regions. In five the stroke was left hemispheric. The assumption is that cerebral ptosis may have a bihemispheric representation and results from damage to the connections rather than to a specific area.
Nagaratnam
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Department of Medicine (Geriatrics), Blacktown Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
Singh-Grewal
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Chen
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Davies
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed