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Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica 3/2020

01-06-2020 | Facial Palsy | Letter to the Editor

Ipsilateral supranuclear lingual palsy due to caudal paramedian pontine infarction

Authors: Yoshiyuki Numasawa, Zen Kobayashi

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 3/2020

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A 79-year-old man suddenly developed right upper limb weakness and dysarthria. Neurologic examination revealed right hemiparesis, right hemisensory disturbance, right central facial palsy, and tongue deviation to the left (Fig. 1a). T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging showed the infarct lesion in the left paramedian pons at the level of the middle cerebellar peduncles, but the ventral paramedian portion was spared (Fig. 1b, c). …
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Title
Ipsilateral supranuclear lingual palsy due to caudal paramedian pontine infarction
Authors
Yoshiyuki Numasawa
Zen Kobayashi
Publication date
01-06-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-019-01108-4

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