Eight-and-a-half syndrome

J Neuroimaging. 2009 Jul;19(3):288-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00261.x. Epub 2008 May 8.

Abstract

Eight-and-a-half syndrome is a clinical entity comprised of one-and-a-half syndrome with ipsilateral facial palsy. We report a case who presented with this constellation of findings with diffusion weighted images (DWI) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) changes corresponding to the anatomical correlate in the dorsal pontine tegmentum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Basilar Artery / pathology
  • Cerebral Arteries / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Facial Paralysis / diagnosis
  • Facial Paralysis / pathology*
  • Facial Paralysis / therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Male
  • Medulla Oblongata / blood supply
  • Medulla Oblongata / pathology
  • Muscle Weakness / diagnosis
  • Muscle Weakness / pathology*
  • Muscle Weakness / therapy
  • Ocular Motility Disorders / diagnosis
  • Ocular Motility Disorders / pathology*
  • Ocular Motility Disorders / therapy
  • Pons / blood supply
  • Pons / pathology*
  • Syndrome