Akiyuki Uzawa1, Yorinobu Takeda2, Satoshi Kuwabara1. 1. Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, Yamanouchi Hospital, Mobara, Japan.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Wall-eyed bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia (WEBINO) is a rare symptom. Several studies have reported that a small brainstem lesion could cause WEBINO. CASE REPORT: The authors present the case of an 88-year-old female individual who developed sudden-onset diplopia and gait disturbance. Neurological examination revealed WEBINO with convergence impairment, gaze-evoked upward nystagmus on upward gaze, and bilateral limb ataxia. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed a small paramedian pontine tegmentum infarction, responsible for the symptoms. A literature review of WEBINO in ischemic stroke revealed that most patients exhibited impaired convergence and other neurological symptoms. CONCLUSION: Gaze-evoked upward nystagmus on upward gaze and bilateral limb ataxia accompanied by WEBINO due to a small brainstem lesion were the characteristic findings of our case.
INTRODUCTION: Wall-eyed bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia (WEBINO) is a rare symptom. Several studies have reported that a small brainstem lesion could cause WEBINO. CASE REPORT: The authors present the case of an 88-year-old female individual who developed sudden-onset diplopia and gait disturbance. Neurological examination revealed WEBINO with convergence impairment, gaze-evoked upward nystagmus on upward gaze, and bilateral limb ataxia. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed a small paramedian pontine tegmentum infarction, responsible for the symptoms. A literature review of WEBINO in ischemic stroke revealed that most patients exhibited impaired convergence and other neurological symptoms. CONCLUSION: Gaze-evoked upward nystagmus on upward gaze and bilateral limb ataxia accompanied by WEBINO due to a small brainstem lesion were the characteristic findings of our case.