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Foville Syndrome, Inferior medial pontine
syndrome
Unilateral lesion in the dorsal pontine
tegmentum in the caudal third of the pons.
1. Contralateral hemiplegia (with facial
sparing) due to corticospinal tract involvement
2. Ispilateral peripheral-type facial palsy,
due to cranial nerve VII nucleus/fascicle
involvement.
3. Inability to move the eyes conjugately
to the ipsilateral side due to paramedian
pontine reticular formaiton and/or abducens
nerve nucleus invovlement. That is, patient
is unable to look toward the lesion.
Note: this is also called Millard-Gubler
syndrome.
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