A Topodiagnostic Investigation on Lesions Causing Body Lateropulsion in the Absence of Clinical Signs of Vestibular Dysfunction
F Thömke, GD Iannetti, G Cruccu, S Fitzek, JJ Marx, PP Urban, P Stöter, M Dieterich, H Hopf · Klinische Neurophysiologie · 2004 · Heft 08
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Background: Body lateropulsion is often seen in patients with lateral medullary infarctions (LMI) and may occur with or without vestibular nucleus involvement. Whether body lateropulsion in LMI sparing the vestibular nucleus is due to a lesion of the lateral vestibulospinal tract (LVST) or the dorsal spinocerebellar tract (DSCT) is still unclear. Patients and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical files of a group of 258 consecutive patients presenting with clinical signs and symptoms of acute ischemia in the vertebrobasilar territory for body lateropulsion in the absence of clinical signs of vestibul…
