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Oculomotor Nerve Palsy Due to Small Midbrain Infarct : Functional Topography Based on MRI Findings Naokatsu Saeki 1 , Naoyuki Murai 2 , Kenro Sunami 2 1Department of Neurological Surgery, Chiba University School of Medicine 2Kawatetsu Chiba Hospital Keyword: midbrain , oculomotor nucleus and nerve , MRI , pupil sparing , infarction pp.383-387
Published Date 1992/4/1
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1406900328
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This is a report of 3 cases presented with oculomotor nerve palsy caused by small midbrain infarct. The aim of this report is to clarify the functional topography of intranuclear and intrafas-cicular portion of the oculomotor nerve with MRI. Three cases are 2 males and 1 female, ranging 51 to 68 years in age. Except for the long tract signs at the acute stage, cardinal sings were all eye-related, incomplete in 1 case and pupil sparing-type in 2 cases. In MRI, the size of the lesion extended 5 to 12 mm. In the incomplete palsy case, the infarction extended from the level immediately below the 3rd ventricle into the whole length of midbrain, whereas in the pupil-sparing types, more limited lesion ex-cluding the upper part of the midbrain was noted. Anatomically the longitudinal size of the nucleus is 10mm and nerves functionally related to pupil reac-tion, eye motion and eyelid elevation are arranged in rosrocaudal order. Therefore, it is speculated that in midbrain, intrafascicular location of nerve fibers associated with pupil reaction is rostral and oculomotor nerve palsy of pupil sparing type is caused by the lesion excluding the rostral midbrain. MRI findings of the present 3 cases are compatible with this speculation.

The lowest border of red nucleus is at the level of superior colliculus, whereas oculomotor nucleus has its lowest margin at the inferior colliculus. There-fore, red nuleus becomes an informative landmark to visualized the level of oculomotor nerve injury, since the red nucleus is clearly demonstrated in high intensity in T2 weighted image.


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