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Research Article| Volume 11, ISSUE 2, P208-211, April 1987

Claude's syndrome: Clinical and computed tomography correlations

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      Abstract

      A patient with Claude's syndrome (ipsilateral fascicular third nerve palsy with contralateral ataxia) in whom computed tomography demonstrated a discrete infarct in the paramedian rostral mesencephalic tegmentum is reported. The vascular supply of the rostral mesencephalon is discussed.

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