Homocystinemia Leading to Bright Facial Colliculus - A Rare Entity in Young Adults

Suresh Kumar

Authors

Suresh Kumar

Keywords:

Abstract

he facial colliculus is an elevated area located on the dorsal pons in the floor of the 4th ventricle. It is produced by the nucleus of the abducens nerve and the flexure of the facial nerve around it. Any lesion involving the abducens nucleus cause the disorder of internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) which is characterized by ipsilateral adduction deficit and the preservation of abduction of the contralateral eye when the patient tries to look in the contralateral direction. Isolated infarction of facial colliculus effecting abducens nucleus is very rare [1].

Downloads

How to Cite

Homocystinemia Leading to Bright Facial Colliculus - A Rare Entity in Young Adults. (2014). Global Journal of Medical Research, 14(A1), 39-40. https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/557

Download Citation

References

D Deleu, T Sokrab, K Salim, El Siddig, A Hamad, A (2005) Pure isolated unilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia from ischemic origin: report of a case and literature review. 105, 214-217.

Claudio Bassetti, Julien Bogousslavsky, Alain Barth, Franco Regli (1996) Isolated infarcts of the pons. 46(1), 165-175.

R Leigh, D Zee (1999) The Neurology of Eye Movements. 503-504.

P Verhoef, C Hennekens, R Malinow, F Kok, W Willett, M Stampfer (1994) A prospective study of plasma homocysteine and risk for ischemic stroke. 25, 1924-1930.

K Fathbender, O Mieike, T Bertsch, B Nafe, S Froschen, M Hennerici (1999) Homocysteine in cerebral macroangiopathy and microangiopathy. 353, 1586-1587.

S Evers, H Koch, K Grotemeyer, B Lange, T Deufel, E Ringelsteine (1997) Features, symptoms, and neurophysiological findings in stroke associated with hyperhomocysteinemia. 54, 1276-1282.