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Preferred Name

Parinaud Syndrome
Synonyms

Dorsal Midbrain Syndrome

Parinaud Syndrome

Definitions

A rare syndrome affecting conjugate vertical eye movement. It is often caused by a dorsal midbrain neoplasm, commonly a pinealoma, but may also be attributable to demyelinating diseases or stroke. Clinical signs include limitation of upward gaze, light-near dissociation of the pupillary response, eyelid retraction (Collier's sign) and convergence-retraction nystagmus. Clinical course is dependent on effective treatment of underlying cause.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C54102

code

C54102

DEFINITION

A rare syndrome affecting conjugate vertical eye movement. It is often caused by a dorsal midbrain neoplasm, commonly a pinealoma, but may also be attributable to demyelinating diseases or stroke. Clinical signs include limitation of upward gaze, light-near dissociation of the pupillary response, eyelid retraction (Collier's sign) and convergence-retraction nystagmus. Clinical course is dependent on effective treatment of underlying cause.

FULL_SYN

Dorsal Midbrain Syndrome

Parinaud Syndrome

label

Parinaud Syndrome

Legacy Concept Name

Parinaud_Syndrome

Preferred_Name

Parinaud Syndrome

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C54102

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0152222

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C28193

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