Katzir Miki, Attia Moshe, Sviri Gill E, Zaaroor Menashe
Department of Neurosurgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, The Technion, Israel Institution of Technology , Haifa , Israel.
Br J Neurosurg. 2015 Apr;29(2):308-9. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2014.977779. Epub 2014 Nov 6.
Uncal herniation is accompanied by a decreased level of consciousness. We describe a patient who remained fully alert despite the uncal herniation. The computed tomography (CT) scans allowed us to visualize the uncus and its spatial relation to the cerebral peduncle. We describe the sliding uncus syndrome.