title: Isolated body lateropulsion in a patient with pontine infarction.
abstract: A 72-year-old man with diabetes mellitus and hypertension was admitted to our hospital with lightheadedness. The patient showed lateropulsion to the right side, but his neurological findings were otherwise normal. Brain magnetic resonance images showed a fresh ischemic infarct in the left dorsal part of the lower pons. Body lateropulsion is characterized by an irresistible falling to one side and has been reported in lesions in several brain regions. However, it has rarely been reported in pontine lesions. We suggest that physicians should be aware that pontine lesions can cause isolated body lateropulsion without other neurological deficits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Madoka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komagamine
authors.forename: Toshiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Hidehiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takekawa
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asakawa
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Masanari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirata
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020526:Brain Stem Infarctions / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D020886:Somatosensory Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology