Abstract
60 year old diabetic and hypertensive female presented to casualty with right hemiplegia and hemianesthesia with lower motor neuron type of facial nerve palsy and loss of pain, temperature on left side of the face. She had difculty adduction and abduction on left eye with horizontal nystagmus in the contralateral eye when abducted while vertical movements were preserved. MRI brain was done which showed acute focal non hemorrhagic infarct in the left hemi pons along with partial basilar artery thrombosis. Hence a diagnosis of foville syndrome with inter nuclear opthalmoplegia was made. Classically foville syndrome is characterised by ipsilateral sixth nerve palsy, lower motor neuron facial nerve palsy, fth sensory nuclear palsy along with contralateral hemiparesis and hemisensory loss. The patient was started on single antiplatelet along with high intensity statin. On follow up after 3 months patients power improved.
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