Weber's syndrome

**Weber's syndrome**
ICD-10	G463
ICD-9	344.89
OMIM	[1]
DiseasesDB	31247
MedlinePlus	[2]
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Weber's syndrome (superior alternating hemiplegia) is a form of stroke characterized by the presence of an oculomotor nerve palsy and contralateral hemiparesis or hemiplegia.

Cause and presentation[]

This lesion is usually unilateral and affects several structures in the midbrain including:

Structure damaged	Effect
substantia nigra	contralateral parkinsonism because its dopaminergic projections to the basal ganglia innervate the ipsilateral hemisphere motor field, leading to a movement disorder of the contralateral body.
corticospinal fibers	contralateral hemiparesis and typical upper motor neuron findings. It is contralateral because it occurs before the decussation in the medulla.
corticobulbar tract	difficulty with contralateral lower facial muscles and hypoglossal nerve functions
oculomotor nerve fibers	ipsilateral oculomotor nerve palsy with a drooping eyelid and fixed wide pupil pointed down and out. This leads to diplopia

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Human brainstem blood supply description. Posterior cerebral artery is #6, and midbrain is behind it.

It is caused by midbrain infarction as a result of occlusion of the paramedian branches of the posterior cerebral artery or of basilar bifurcation perforating arteries.^[1]

History[]

It carries the name of Sir Hermann David Weber, a German-born physician working in London, who described the condition in 1863.^[2]^[3] It is unrelated to Sturge-Weber syndrome or Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome.

References[]

↑ GPnotebook -932511721
↑ Weber HD (1863). A contribution to the pathology of the crura cerebri. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions 46: 121–139.
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[1] GPnotebook -932511721

[2] Weber HD (1863). A contribution to the pathology of the crura cerebri. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions 46: 121–139.

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ICD-10	G 463
ICD-9	344.89
OMIM	[1]
DiseasesDB	31247
MedlinePlus	[2]
eMedicine	/
MeSH	{{{MeshNumber}}}