Vertebrobasilar artery dissection manifesting as Millard-Gubler syndrome in a young ischemic stroke patient: A case report

Table 1 Characteristics of Millard-Gubler syndrome cases caused by cerebral ischemic stroke in the prior literature

Author	Time	Age, yr	Sex	Medical history	Physical examination	MRI	MRA	Others
Yasuda Y et al[9]	1993	60	Male	NA	Right peripheral facial nerve palsy, left hemiparesis, tongue deviated to the left, exaggerated deep tendon reflex, and equivocal left Babinski’s reflex	Cerebral infarction in the right ventral pons	Occlusion of both vertebral arteries
Matlis A et al[8]	1994	76	Male	Hypertension, ischemic heart disease, and type II diabetes mellitus	Slight dysarthria, peripheral right facial palsy, flaccid left hemiparesis, brisk left deep tendon reflexes, and positive left Babinski’s reflex	Cerebral infarction in the right anteromedial pons	NA
Onbas O et al[1]	2005	56	Male	NA	Left facial paralysis, right hemiparesthesia, and exaggerated deep tendon reflexes	Acute cerebral infarction in the left ventral part of the pons	Stenosis of the basilar artery
Rose DZ et al[10]	2010	45	Male	HIV	Horizontal diplopia, left facial paralysis, and right hemiparesis	Acute cerebral infarction in the left pons	Unremarkable	MRSA meningo-vasculitis caused by the restricted diffusion of pus in the subarachnoid space
Ahdab R et al[7]	2013	63	Male	Diabetic and hypertensive	Right facial palsy involving the lower facial muscles and the orbicularis oculi but sparing the frontalis muscle and left hemiparesis	Acute cerebral infarction in the ventro-medial aspect of the medulla and limited to the right pyramid	Diffuse atherosclerotic changes of the basilar trunk with mild to moderate multisegmental narrowing, especially in the distal third

MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; MRA: Magnetic resonance angiography; NA: Not available; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.