Chapter 10 Midbrain: Clinical Correlates

Question 1

Ipsilateral CN 3 paralysis + contralateral hemiparesis
A. Weber syndrome
B. Benedikt syndrome
C. Claude syndrome
D. Nothnagel syndrome

Answer 1

A. Weber syndrome (p. 151)

Question 2

Ipsilateral CN 3 paralysis + contralateral tremor with or without contralateral hemianesthesia
A. Weber syndrome
B. Benedikt syndrome
C. Claude syndrome
D. Nothnagel syndrome

Answer 2

B. Benedikt syndrome (p. 151)

Question 3

The tremor in Benedikt syndrome is levodopa-responsive
A. True
B. False

Answer 3

A. True (p. 151)

Question 4

Ipsilateral CN 3 palsy + contralateral tremor and ataxia
A. Weber syndrome
B. Benedikt syndrome
C. Claude syndrome
D. Nothnagel syndrome

Answer 4

C. Claude syndrome (p. 151)

Question 5

Bilateral asymmetric CN 3 palsies + gait ataxia
A. Weber syndrome
B. Benedikt syndrome
C. Claude syndrome
D. Nothnagel syndrome

Answer 5

D. Nothnagel syndrome (p. 152)