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Central Pontine Myelinolysis - Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a central area of high
Central Pontine ... #MRI #Central #Pontine
Perioperative Medications - Which Medications to Hold or Continue?
Aspirin - Continue
 • Aspirin should be continued
Medications to Hold or Continue ... Aspirin - Continue ... ) Metoprolol - Continue ... Glargine - Continue ... Amlodipine - Continue
Miosis Causes - 4 P's Mnemonic
Constricted: pupils < 2mm, Pinpoint: pupils < 1mm
 • Pain Killer:
Organophosphate • Pons: Pontine
Pupils: Localization in Coma
 • Small, Reactive pupils: Metabolic coma.
 • Unilateral Fixed, dilated pupil :
Pinpoint pupils: Pontine
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
- Neuro: Pontine ... hemorrhage, Pontine
Locked-In Syndrome on Physical Exam

56 year-old male with acute onset altered sensorium. Suffered a cardiac arrest
Pontine infarct
One & a half syndrome with upbeat nystagmus due to a left pontine + bimedullary infarction

Dr.
due to a left pontine
Facial Myokymia on Physical Exam

Facial myokymia is classically associated with a pontine glioma, multiple sclerosis, and
associated with a pontine
Pathologic Startle Reflex to Acoustic Stimulus (Audio)

Pathological startle (to auditory startle) occurring 6 months after basilar
occlusion with a pontine
Intact Corneomandibular (Wartenberg) Reflex

Patient with pontine hemorrhage without impaired consciousness - Left corneal stimulation triggers contralateral
Patient with pontine