title: Eight-and-a-half syndrome.
abstract: Eight-and-a-half syndrome is a clinical entity comprised of one-and-a-half syndrome with ipsilateral facial palsy. We report a case who presented with this constellation of findings with diffusion weighted images (DWI) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) changes corresponding to the anatomical correlate in the dorsal pontine tegmentum.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri-Columbia-Neurology, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA. sarwala@health.missouri.edu
authors.forename: Aarti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarwal
authors.forename: Mandeep
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garewal
authors.forename: Sheena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahota
authors.forename: Manjamalai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sivaraman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000473:pathology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D011149:Pons / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome