title: Unilateral thalamic infarction presenting as vertical gaze palsy: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Vertical gaze palsy is a recognized manifestation of midbrain lesions. It rarely is a consequence of unilateral thalamic infarction.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 48-year-old African-American woman who presented to our facility with vertical gaze palsy and evidence of left medial thalamic infarct on diffusion-weighted imaging without coexisting midbrain ischemia. The etiology of infarct was determined to be small vessel disease after extensive investigation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report suggests a possible role of the thalamus as a vertical gaze control center. Clinicoradiological studies are needed to further define the role of the thalamus in vertical gaze control.
authors: Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI, USA. mkhan4@hfhs.org.
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