title: Gasperini syndrome, a report of two cases.
abstract: We report 2 cases of Gasperini syndrome and consider them with the 11 previously reported cases to describe the clinical characteristics of this rare syndrome: Core neurological signs are peripheral facial nerve palsy and abducens nerve palsy of the affected side: Among all cases, imaging demonstrated a small lesion in the mediolateral tegmental pons (10/13 cases of microinfarction; 2/13 cases of microbleeding). We found that the responsible artery in ischemic Gasperini syndrome is mainly the long circumferential branch of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery; Case 1 is the first case thought to be caused by infarction of the basilar artery's paramedian branch.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Neurology, Tottori Prefectural Central Hospital. hayamiwa@grape.med.tottori-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Miwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi-Hayata
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakayasu
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Yasuyo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukada
authors.forename: Takenobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D020526:Brain Stem Infarctions / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome; D013681:Tegmentum Mesencephali