| Millard–Gubler syndrome | |
|---|---|
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| Pons | |
| Specialty | Neurology  |
Millard–Gubler syndrome is a lesion of thepons. It is also calledventral pontine syndrome.[1]
Symptoms result from the functional loss of several anatomical structures of thepons, including the sixth and seventhcranial nerves and fibers of thecorticospinal tract.Paralysis of theabducens (CN VI) leads todiplopia, internal strabismus (i.e.,esotropia), and loss of power to rotate the affected eye outward), and disruption of thefacial nerves (CN VII) leads to symptoms includingflaccid paralysis of the muscles offacial expression and loss of thecorneal reflex. Disruption of thecorticospinal tract leads tocontralateral hemiplegia of the extremities.[citation needed]
This syndrome is easier to diagnose today thanks to the technical advances in brain imaging (CT, MRI). It can also be identified based on the symptoms described above.[citation needed]
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Millard–Gubler syndrome is named after two French physicians,Auguste Louis Jules Millard (1830–1915), who first identified the disorder in 1855, andAdolphe-Marie Gubler (1821–1879), who described the disease in a medical paper one year later.[citation needed]