Unilateral third nerve palsy and somnolent mutism

Fernando Zermeño; Oscar H. Del Brutto; Guillermo Van Wielink; Juan Nader

Unilateral third nerve palsy and somnolent mutism

Fernando Zermeño
, Oscar H. Del Brutto
, Guillermo Van Wielink
, Juan Nader

Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia

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Abstract

A 64-year-old man developed unilateral third nerve palsy and somnolent mutism. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a small unilateral midbrain infarct. Previous reports of somnolent mutism placed the lesion in both sides of the midbrain tegmentum, usually extending into the thalamus. The unilateral third nerve palsy, and high-resolution 4-mm contiguous tomographic sections of the brainstem, helped localize the lesion. To our knowledge, this is the first CT clinical report of somnolent mutism induced by unilateral midbrain infarct.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	93-95
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Volume	7
Issue number	2
State	Published - Jun 1987
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Brain infarct
Mutism
Somnolent mutism
Third nerve palsy

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