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GMS Ophthalmol Cases. 2017 Mar 07;7:Doc08. doi: 10.3205/oc000059. eCollection 2017.

A rare case of concomitant sicca keratopathy and ipsilateral central facial palsy in Wallenberg's dorsolateral medullary syndrome.

GMS ophthalmology cases

Deborah De Bruyn, Elisabeth Van Aken, Kristien Herman

Affiliations

  1. Dpt. Ophthalmology, Ghent University Hospital & Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
  2. Dpt. Ophthalmology, Ghent University Hospital & Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Dpt. Ophthalmology, Sint-Elisabeth Hospital, Zottegem, Belgium.
  3. Dpt. Ophthalmology, Sint-Elisabeth Hospital, Zottegem, Belgium.

PMID: 28293537 PMCID: PMC5343209 DOI: 10.3205/oc000059

[No abstract available.]

Keywords: Wallenberg’s syndrome; central facial palsy; dorsolateral medullary infarction; medulla oblongata; sicca keratopathy; subclavian steal syndrome; superior salivatory nucleus; supranuclear facial palsy

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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