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Dysconjugate gaze in hepatic coma
Author(s) -
Caplan Louis R.,
Scheiner David
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410080318
Subject(s) - brainstem , gaze , coma (optics) , medicine , oculomotor nerve , encephalopathy , hepatic encephalopathy , saccadic masking , caloric theory , eye movement , psychology , surgery , ophthalmology , physics , cirrhosis , psychoanalysis , optics
During an episode of hepatic encephalopathy, an elderly woman developed ocular divergence at rest and dysconjugate gaze after caloric stimulation. Metabolic encephalopathy may rarely produce oculomotor dysfunction, usually attributed to structural brainstem lesions.