Claude's syndrome
| Claude's syndrome | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Neurology  |
Claude's syndrome is a form of
hemiplegia
of the lower face, tongue, and shoulder.
Claude's syndrome affects brachium conjunctivum.[1]
Cause
Claude's syndrome is caused by midbrain infarction as a result of occlusion of a branch of the posterior cerebral artery.[2] This lesion is usually a unilateral infarction of the red nucleus and cerebellar peduncle, affecting several structures in the midbrain including:
| Structure damaged | Effect |
|---|---|
| dentatorubral tract fibers | contralateral ataxia |
| corticospinal tract fibers | contralateral hemiparesis |
| corticobulbar tract fibers | contralateral hemiplegia of lower facial muscles, tongue, and shoulder |
| oculomotor nerve fibers | ipsilateral oculomotor nerve palsy with a drooping eyelid and fixed wide pupil pointed down and out; probable diplopia
|
It is very similar to
Benedikt's syndrome
.
Other causes
It has been reported that posterior cerebral artery stenosis can also precipitate Claude's syndrome.[3]
Diagnosis
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History
It carries the name of Henri Charles Jules Claude, a French psychiatrist and neurologist, who described the condition in 1912.[4]
See also
- Wallenberg's syndrome
- Moritz Benedikt
References
- ^ Harrison's
- ^ "Claude's syndrome". GPnotebook.
- S2CID 7990190. Archived from the originalon 2007-06-12.
- ^ Claude H, Loyez M (1912). "Ramollissement du noyau rouge". Rev Neurol (Paris). 24: 49–51.