Bilateral ptosis and supranuclear downgaze paralysis.
The purpose of this article is to highlight an uncommon combination of supranuclear downward gaze paralysis with bilateral eyelid ptosis in a 53-year-old man with a radiation induced midbrain tumor and to discuss the aspects regarding the centers and pathways that mediate supranuclear vertical gaze movements.
Maranhão-Filho
Péricles
P
Department of Neurosurgery, Brazilian National Cancer Institute, Avenida Canal de Marapendi 1680, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. pmaranhaofilho@gmail.com
Campos
João Carlos S
JC
Lima
Marco A
MA
D000368:Aged; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology