Cortical vestibular representation in the superior temporal gyrus

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Hegemann, Stefan^{a; *} | Fitzek, Sabine^b | Fitzek, Clemens^c | Fetter, Michael^a

Affiliations: [a] Department of Neurology II, Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, Karlsbad, Germany | [b] Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany | [c] Department of Neurology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Dr. Stefan Hegemann, Klinik für Neurologie II, Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, 76307 Karlsbad, Germany. Tel.: +49 7202 610; Fax: +49 7202 616180; E-mail: Stefan.Hegemann@.kkl.srh.de

Abstract: We present the unique case of a patient with a circumscribed solitary cerebral metastasis of a malignant melanoma extending from the medial part of the superior temporal gyrus to the lower part of the 1st long insular gyrus causing gait and stance instability and an ipsiversive tilt of the subjective visual vertical. Oculomotor disorders could not be detected. We suggest that the superior temporal gyrus is likely to be involved in spatial orientation presumably using otolithic information.

DOI: 10.3233/VES-2004-14103

Journal: Journal of Vestibular Research, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 33-35, 2004