Weber's syndrome

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Weber's syndrome Classification and external resources
Midbrain
ICD-10	G46.3
ICD-9	344.89
DiseasesDB	31247

Weber's Syndrome (superior alternating hemiplegia) is characterized by the presence of an oculomotor nerve palsy and contralateral hemiparesis or hemiplegia.

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

It should not be confused with Sturge-Weber syndrome or Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome.

[edit] References

1. ^ -932511721 at GPnotebook

[edit] External links

• http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/neuro/review/bsc.html
• http://www.neuropat.dote.hu/table/kereszt7.htm

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