Weber's syndrome


Weber's syndrome
Weber's syndrome
Classification and external resources

Midbrain cross section showing lesion
ICD-10 G46.3
ICD-9 344.89
DiseasesDB 31247
MeSH D020526

Weber's syndrome (superior alternating hemiplegia) is a form of stroke characterized by the presence of an oculomotor nerve palsy and contralateral hemiparesis or hemiplegia.

Contents

Cause and presentation

This lesion is usually unilateral and affects several structures in the midbrain including:

Structure damaged Effect
substantia nigra contralateral parkinsonism because its dopaminergic projections to the basal ganglia innervate the ipsilateral hemisphere motor field, leading to a movement disorder of the contralateral body.
corticospinal fibers contralateral hemiparesis and typical upper motor neuron findings
corticobulbar tract difficulty with contralateral lower facial muscles and hypoglossal nerve functions
oculomotor nerve fibers ipsilateral oculomotor nerve palsy with a drooping eyelid and fixed wide pupil pointed down and out. This leads to diplopia
Human brainstem blood supply description. Posterior cerebral artery is #6, and midbrain is behind it.

It is caused by midbrain infarction as a result of occlusion of the paramedian branches of the posterior cerebral artery or of basilar bifurcation perforating arteries.[1]

History

It carries the name of Sir Herman David Weber, a German-born physician working in London, who described the condition in 1863.[2][3] It is unrelated to Sturge-Weber syndrome or Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome.

References

  1. ^ -932511721 at GPnotebook
  2. ^ Weber HD (1863). "A contribution to the pathology of the crura cerebri". Medico-Chirurgical Transactions 46: 121–139. 
  3. ^ synd/407 at Who Named It?

External links

v · d · eCNS disease, Vascular disease: Cerebrovascular diseases (G45–G46 and I60–I69, 430–438)
Brain ischemia/
cerebral infarction
(ischemic stroke/TIA)
General
Intracranial hemorrhage
(hemorrhagic stroke)
Extra-axial
Brainstem
Aneurysm
Other/general

M: CNS

anat(n/s/m/p/4/e/b/d/c/a/f/l/g)/phys/devp

noco(m/d/e/h/v/s)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)

M: VAS

anat(a:h/u/t/a/l,v:h/u/t/a/l)/phys/devp/cell/prot

noco/syva/cong/lyvd/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(C2s+n/3/4/5/7/8/9)
v · d · eLesions of spinal cord and brain
Spinal cord/
vascular myelopathy
Brainstem
Medulla (CN 8, 9, 10, 12)
Pons (CN 5, 6, 7, 8)
Midbrain (CN 3, 4)
Weber's syndrome (ventral peduncle, PCA) · Benedikt syndrome (ventral tegmentum, PCA) · Parinaud's syndrome (dorsal, tumor) · Nothnagel's syndrome · Claude's syndrome
Other
Cerebellum
Basal ganglia
Cortex
Other

M: CNS

anat(n/s/m/p/4/e/b/d/c/a/f/l/g)/phys/devp

noco(m/d/e/h/v/s)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)



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