What clinical presentation would be expected in this patient?
Answer D. Quadriplegia The most common presentation of a pontine hemorrhage is quadriplegia. Small, reactive pupils are characteristic of pontine hemorrhages. Hemiparesis would be expected if the hemorrhage were asymmetrical. Hypothermia is unusual. Upward gaze palsy occurs with midbrain involvement.
Asymmetrical mydriasis
Ataxic hemiparesis
Hypothermia
Quadriplegia
C.N.S.