title: Alternating Hemiplegia with Ipsilateral Supranuclear Facial Palsy and Abducens Nerve Palsy Caused by Pontine Infarction.
abstract: A 62-year-old right-handed man was diagnosed with a cerebral infarction in the ventromedial region of the left lower pons. He showed left abducens nerve palsy, left-sided supranuclear palsy of the lower part of the face and right hemiparesis. We hypothesized that the mechanism underlying the patient's ipsilateral supranuclear facial palsy involved the corticofacial fibers after they crossed the midline.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine II, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maeshima
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: Sayaka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozeki
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sonoda
mesh_terms: D020434:Abducens Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011149:Pons / Q000098:blood supply*