GASPERINI SYNDROME - CAUSE OF A PERIPHERA L FACIAL PALSY - NEUROLOGICAL AND IMAGING DATA

The Gasperini syndrome is a cause of peripheral facial palsy: In the f ollowing case report, a 75-year-old woman is described who presented w ith a peripheral left facial palsy. On examination left beating nystag mus was found with contralateral loss of pain and temperature affectin g the right side of the body but sparing the face. The signs and sympt oms corresponded to the Gasperini syndrome caused by a lesion in the d orsal caudal pons in the region of the anterior inferior cerebellar ar tery. MR imaging confirmed a lesion in this site.