Bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia and clivus fracture following head injury: case report
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Bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia and clivus fracture following head injury: case report.
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is a remarkable finding, particularly in patients victims of head injury. The medial longitudinal fasciculus, which is believed to be lesioned in cases of internuclear ophthalmoplegia, has an unique brain stem position and the mechanism involved in brain stem contusions implies a maximal intensity of shearing forces on the skull base. We describe a very rare associa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2002000400023