Weber-Syndrom

Weber syndrome is a midbrain stroke syndrome that involves the cerebral peduncle and the ipsilateral fascicles of the oculomotor nerve . Occasionally the substantia nigra can also be involved .

Clinical presentation

Pathology

It is usually caused by an ischemic stroke, typically involving branches of the posterior cerebral artery .

Radiographic features

Imaging may be helpful to connect the neurological symptoms with a single causative lesion.

The imaging appearance of Weber and Benedikt syndromes may be similar, as both result from an insult to the oculomotor nuclear complex , however the latter syndrome also involves the red nucleus in the midbrain tegmentum.

History and etymology

The syndrome was first described by Sir Hermann Weber (1823-1918), a German-born English physician, in 1863 .

Siehe auch:
und weiter: