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Findings of electronystagmography in 30 patients with posterior cranial fossa tumor were analysed. Of the 23 cases of CPA tumor, size varied between 0.7-5.0 cm, the ENG showed: (1) The nystagmus occurred in 83% of patients. (2) In ODT, overshoots was showed in 22% of patients. (3) ETT showed type III or IV curves in 55.6% of patients. (4) OKP test decreased in 59% of patients. (5) Caloric test showed canal paresis in 85% of the patients. (6) Abnormal visual suppression test occurred in 60% of patients. (7) Abnormal ABR was found in 89% of patients. We also found that tumor larger than 2.5 cm presented a central type nystagmus (Bruns nystagmus) and involvement of the eye movement system. The electronystagmographic changes of the tumors of cerebellum (3 cases) and brain stem (4 cases) was discussed.
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PMID:[Electronystagmographic changes in patients with posterior cranial fossa tumors]. 803 98

We report a case of partial fascicular oculomotor paresis in a 22-year-old woman. The patient noticed sudden onset diplopia which had transiently occurred twice in the past two months for several hours. She also had left blepharoptosis. Neurological examination revealed left blepharoptosis and diplopia caused by paresis of the left inferior oblique and superior rectus muscles. No other focal neurological signs were detected. Laboratory data, CSF examinations, ABR, SEP and VEP studies were all normal. Brain MRI revealed a high-signal-intensity lesion of about 7 mm in diameter in the left paramedian area of the midbrain at superior colliculus level on T2-weighted images. Cerebral angiography showed no significant findings. The lesion was limited to the left oculomotor fascicles. Either demyelinating or vascular lesion might be responsible for her oculomotor paresis. The symptomatic differences between this and previously reported cases suggest that the topographical organization of the oculomotor fascicles for the superior rectus, levator palpebrae superioris, inferior oblique, medial rectus, and inferior rectus muscles and the sphincter muscles of the pupils consists of fibers that lie in a lateromedial order.
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PMID:[A case of partial fascicular oculomotor paresis]. 943 Oct 5

We report a 58-year-old woman with pontine lesion presented with subacute onset of unilateral gustatory disturbance accompanied by facial numbness, and hearing loss. Neurologic examination revealed superficial hypesthesia and paresthesia on the right side of the face, right peripheral type facial paresis, ageusia on the right half of the tongue and right sensorineural deafness. No other neurologic signs were observed, and laboratory data were all normal. Brain MRI revealed a small lesion in the right dorsolateral tegmentum of the middle pons. Electrogustometry showed marked reduction in the sense of taste on the right half of the tongue. ABR showed diminished amplitude in the IV-V wave of the right side, while SEP and VEP were normal. The clinical diagnosis was demyelinating lesion and intravenous methylprednisolone (1 g/day) was administered for 3 consecutive days, resulting in prompt improvement in the symptoms. The lesion was suspected of affecting ipsilateral side of the spinal trigeminal nerve tract and the nucleus, the intraaxial infranuclear facial nerve fiber, the lateral lemniscus adjacent to the superior olivary nucleus and the central gustatory tract. Our case suggests that the central gustatory pathway projecting from the nucleus of the solitary tract to the parabrachial nucleus, presumed to be pontine taste area, ascends ipsilaterally and is located laterally from the medial lemniscus.
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PMID:[A case of ipsilateral ageusia, sensorineural hearing loss and facial sensorimotor disturbance due to pontine lesion]. 1100 34