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Published in Anton Sebastian, A Dictionary of the History of Medicine, 2018
Foville, Achille Louis (1799–1878) A neuropsychiatrist from Pontoise, France who described Foville syndrome. The connection between the caudate nucleus and the thalamus was named Foville fasciculus. See Foville syndrome.
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Published in Walter J. Hendelman, Peter Humphreys, Christopher R. Skinner, The Integrated Nervous System, 2017
Walter J. Hendelman, Peter Humphreys, Christopher R. Skinner
The lateral pontine syndrome (Foville’s syndrome) includes loss of hearing, balance and facial sensation as well as limb ataxia. The nuclei of CN V, VII and VIII are affected as well as the middle cerebellar peduncle.
Complete Horizontal Gaze Paresis Due to Medial Pontine Haemorrhage
Published in Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2023
Joan Pei Yun Sim, Jackie Jia Lin Sim, Sameer Saleem, Dennis Cordato
Our patient presented with skew deviation, bilateral horizontal conjugate gaze palsy, vertical gaze palsy, ipsilateral lower motor neuron facial paresis, ipsilateral limb ataxia, contralateral hemiparesis and hemi-sensory loss, due to a haemorrhage in the inferior medial pons. This is similar to what is otherwise known as Foville’s syndrome,4,5 however complete horizontal gaze palsy is a rare clinical manifestation since bilateral involvement is unusual.
Dorsolateral pontine syndrome and contralateral fourth nerve palsy in a post‐stroke patient
Published in Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 2020
Foville syndrome is a well‐recognised clinical entity and is defined as a caudal dorsolateral pontine syndrome with the following ipsilateral clinical findings: facial hemi‐hypoesthesia, ocular abduction deficit, facial hemiparesis, sensorineural hearing loss, and Horner syndrome.2013 However, a case of Foville syndrome and contralateral cranial nerve (CN) IV palsy does not appear to have been previously reported.