Benedikt's syndrome

Benedikt’s Syndrome is a posterior circulation stroke of the brain.

It is characterized by the presence of an oculomotor nerve palsy and contralateral ataxia.

It is caused by cerebellar infarction as a result of occlusion of the posterior cerebral artery.

• Weber’s syndrome
• Wallenberg’s syndrome
• Moritz Benedikt

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• http://instruct.uwo.ca/anatomy/530/530notes.htm
• http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/neuro/review/bsc.html

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