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Pretectal Eyelid Retraction and Lag Ann Neurol 33:554-557, Galetta,S.L.,et al, 1993 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract We report 2 patients who had eyelid retraction and eyelid lag with minimal impairment of vertical gaze.In both patients,magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a circumscribed unilateral lesion immediately rostral and dorsal to the red nucleus involving the lateral periaqueductal gray area. Our clinical and radiological findings support the existence of a premotor eyelid control center in the region of the nucleus of the posterior commissure.

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