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Conjugate eye deviation seen on clinical examination helps to localize pathology in acute ischemic stroke. Eye deviation can also be assessed on a CT head scan. The authors found that CT eye deviation reliably lateralizes to the ischemic hemisphere (positive predictive value 93%) without reference to clinical examination. In an era of thrombolysis and rapid decision making in acute ischemic stroke, eye deviation on CT can help quickly direct attention to the affected hemisphere.

Original publication

DOI

10.1212/01.wnl.0000042086.98735.75

Type

Journal article

Journal

Neurology

Publication Date

14/01/2003

Volume

60

Pages

135 - 137

Keywords

Acute Disease, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cohort Studies, Fixation, Ocular, Functional Laterality, Humans, Middle Aged, Observer Variation, Ocular Motility Disorders, Predictive Value of Tests, Retrospective Studies, Sensitivity and Specificity, Severity of Illness Index, Stroke, Time Factors, Tomography, X-Ray Computed