It has been recognized that small intracerebral hemorrhage not uncommonly produced lacunar syndromes. In this study, we examined cases of intracerebral hemorrhage presenting as lacunar syndromes. Of 174 cases with recent intracerebral hemorrhage, 19 presented with a lacunar syndrome: 4 presented with pure motor hemiparesis, 5, ataxic hemiparesis, 3, dysarthria-clumsy hand syndrome, 7, sensorimo...

We report a patient with unilateral midbrain hemorrhage which caused ipsilateral complete oculomotor nerve palsy with pupillary involvement, contralateral upgaze paresis, contralateral limb ataxia and Parinaud’s syndrome. CT scan and MRI brain demonstrated a hemorrhage in the left paramedian midbrain probably involving the oculomotor fascicles; extension of the hemorrhage to the most rostral mi...

the recovery stage of stroke and were living relatively normal lives despite neurological impairment. Twenty-one of the 24 patients had experienced strokes between 4 and 10 AM. None were taking any other drugs. Throughout the period of our study, all patients were requested to maintain their routine daily schedules. We conducted our study using oral nitrendipine (Nantong Pharmaceutical Factory,...

PURPOSE To report clinical and MR features that suggest telangiectatic vascular malformations of the pons: METHODS The MR scans and clinical data of 12 patients demonstrating an enhancing pontine lesion with minimal or no signal abnormality on T2-weighted images were reviewed. None of the patients underwent angiography or biopsy. Follow-up scans, available for all patients between 3 weeks and...