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Inferior red nucleus syndrome (Benedikt's syndrome) due to a single intramesencephalic metastasis from a prostatic carcinoma

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The authors describe a case of inferior red nucleus syndrome due to a solitary intramesencephalic metastasis from a glandular epithelioma of the prostate. They emphasize the rarity of cerebral metastases of prostatic origin, particularly at the level of the brain stem, and the exceptional features of a red nucleus syndrome originating from a tumour.

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  1. N. Loseke

    Present address: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    J. Retif & J. Noterman

  2. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    J. Flament-Durand

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Loseke, N., Retif, J., Noterman, J. et al. Inferior red nucleus syndrome (Benedikt's syndrome) due to a single intramesencephalic metastasis from a prostatic carcinoma. Acta neurochir 56, 59–64 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01400972

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