Eight – and - half syndrome: a rare neuro-ophthalmic syndrome “Possible Nine Syndrome”

Authors

Muslim Ali Lakhiar
Shaheen Ahmed Mughal

Document Type

Case Report

Abstract

“Eight-and-half” syndrome is “one-and-a-half” syndrome characterized by conjugated horizontal gaze palsy and internuclearopthalmoplegia plus ipsilateral fascicular seventh nerve palsy. We report a case of 50 year old woman who presented with right eight and half syndrome together with contralateral hemiparesis and hemihypesthesia. Non contrast CT scan brain showed hyperdensesignal on right pontine region. MRI brain plain revealed hemorrhagicpontinetegmentuminfarction as well as corticospinal tract and medial meniscus. This spectrum of presentation suggests a possible “Nine syndrome” as a novel neuropthalmicpontine syndrome. The first of its kind ever reported from Pakistan

Recommended Citation

Lakhiar, Muslim Ali and Mughal, Shaheen Ahmed (2015) "Eight – and - half syndrome: a rare neuro-ophthalmic syndrome “Possible Nine Syndrome”," Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS): Vol. 10: Iss. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/pjns/vol10/iss1/8