Weber syndrome caused by intracerebral hemorrhage in a hemophiliac boy

Brain Dev. 1993 Nov-Dec;15(6):446-7. doi: 10.1016/0387-7604(93)90085-m.

Abstract

A rare occurrence of the Weber syndrome in childhood is reported. The patient was a 7-year-old hemophiliac with recurrent intracerebral bleeding into the right cerebral peduncle and pontine base. Left hemiparesis involving the face and tongue developed and was later accompanied by right oculomotor nerve palsy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / pathology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / complications*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / pathology
  • Child
  • Hemiplegia / pathology
  • Hemophilia A / complications*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / pathology
  • Sturge-Weber Syndrome / etiology*
  • Sturge-Weber Syndrome / pathology