Intermittent disconjugate eye movements--a sign of raised intracranial pressure with brain stem compression

Neuropediatrics. 1989 Feb;20(1):30-2. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1071261.

Abstract

Two patients are reported who demonstrated disconjugate eye movements associated with raised intracranial pressure. This physical sign has not previously been recorded in association with raised intracranial pressure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Stem / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Stem / physiopathology*
  • Eye Movements*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Intracranial Pressure*
  • Male
  • Meningitis / complications*
  • Meningitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningitis / physiopathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Visual Pathways / physiology*