Infarction of Ventral Pons Presenting as Millard-Gubler Syndrome

Abstract

Ventral Pontine Syndrome also called MillardGubler Syndrome is defined as a unilateral lesion
of the ventral pons at the level of the facial nerve
nucleusthat presents as unilateral facial nerve
and abducens nerve palsy with contralateral
hemiplegia.1
It has been reported that it is caused
by infarction, tumor or tuberculosis.
2-4 This case
report describes a patient with ischemic
infarction of the left pons presenting as MillardGubler syndrome. Thediagnosis was confirmed
by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). As the
condition is not well-known and it may be
misdiagnosed especially in patients with current
and/or family histories of other neurological
diseases such as multiple sclerosis, it becomes
imperative that this case must be reported.