PERSISTENT OCULAR LATEROPULSION IN WALLENBERGS-SYNDROME RESPONSIVE TOPHENYTOIN

Authors
POLLAK L KLEIN C SCHIFFER J RABEY MJ
Citation
L. Pollak et al., PERSISTENT OCULAR LATEROPULSION IN WALLENBERGS-SYNDROME RESPONSIVE TOPHENYTOIN, Neuro-ophthalmology, 18(2), 1997, pp. 91-94
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuro-ophthalmology
ISSN journal
01658107 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
91 - 94
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-8107(1997)18:2<91:POLIWR>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We report on a 37-year-old female who suffered a left lateral medullar y stroke with ipsilateral eye deviation which improved after the admin istration of low-dose phenytoin. The mechanism of the gaze disturbance and the presumed therapeutic effect of phenytoin are further discusse d.