Dorsal midbrain syndrome due to mesencephalic hemorrhage. Case report with serial imaging

J Neuroophthalmol. 1996 Dec;16(4):281-5.

Abstract

Spontaneous, nontraumatic, nonhypertensive, midbrain hemorrhage is an uncommon cause of the dorsal midbrain syndrome. We describe a patient with this syndrome in whom the initial neuroimaging studies failed to clearly identify the lesion. Subsequent magnetic resonance imaging studies disclosed a dorsal midbrain hemorrhage. The patient experienced gradual spontaneous resolution of her dorsal midbrain signs and symptoms over several months. The evolution on serial neuroimaging studies of the dorsal midbrain hemorrhage in this patient is described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis
  • Brain Diseases / etiology*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / complications*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Mesencephalon / pathology*
  • Ocular Motility Disorders / etiology
  • Syndrome