Lateropulsion

Lateropulsion

Lateropulsion or ipsipulsion is literally pulling to one side. The term may be used to describe ipsilateral axial lateropulsion after cerebellar infarcts preventing patients from standing upright causing them to lean to toward the opposite side. Lateral medullary syndrome may be associated with lateropulsion of the eye toward the involved medulla, and there may also be lateropulsion of saccadic eye movements.