title: Cerebral ptosis revisited.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Geriatrics), Blacktown Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagaratnam
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Singh-Grewal
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: 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