FOVILLE SYNDROME

Course overview

FOVILLE SYNDROME IS A RARE INFERIOR MEDIAL PONTINE SYNDROME FIRST CHARACTERIZED IN 1858 BY ANATOMIST AND PSYCHIATRIST ACHILLE LOUIS FRANCOIS FOVILLE. THOUGH SEVERAL CLINICAL VARIANTS HAVE EMERGED OVER THE YEARS, CLASSICAL FOVILLE SYNDROME IS CHARACTERIZED BY IPSILATERAL SIXTH NERVE PALSY, FACIAL PALSY, AND CONTRALATERAL HEMIPARESIS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE INFERIOR MEDIAL PONTINE STROKE SYNDROME THAT IS KNOWN AS FOVILLE SYNDROME AND DESCRIBES THE CLINICAL PRESENTATION, ETIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AS WELL AS TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT. IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN MANAGING STROKE PATIENTS, SPECIFICALLY, REGARDING THIS STROKE SYNDROME.