What clinical presentation would be expected in this patient?: (A) Asymmetrical mydriasis, (B) Ataxic hemiparesis, (C) Hypothermia, (D) Quadriplegia
Answer is D. 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.