Eight-and-a-half syndrome in a patient with hypertensive emergencies

Abstract

An 88-year-old white female was admitted with a hypertensive emergency and a sudden onset of abnormal extraocular movements and facial (cranial nerve VII) palsy. This article presents a case of the eight-and-a-half syndrome and discusses its underlying clinicopathology, including a review of the neuroanatomy related to the lesion causing the eight-and-a-half syndrome in this patient.