Internuclear opthalmoplegia

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Background

  • One and one-half syndrome
  • Affected eye has impaired adduction when looking contralateral (to affected eye)
  • Results in diplopia when looking contralateral (to affected eye)
  • Usually results from a lesion in the brainstem
Internuclear opthalmoplegia, courtesy of sketchy medicine