Bilateral Oculomotor Nerve Palsy after Head Trauma: A Case Report |
Hae Won Noh, Jae Young Song, Jong Hyun Kim, Jang Hun Kim |
Department of Neurosurgery, Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jhkimns@naver.com |
Received: 4 April 2017 • Revised: 10 May 2017 • Accepted: 10 May 2017 |
Abstract |
We introduce a patient who was suffered from isolated traumatic bilateral oculomotor nerve palsy after head trauma. The patient presented with bilateral ptosis and abnormal pupilary responses with slightly drowsy mentality at first. Performed images demonstrated some hematomas along subarachnoid, intraventricular, subdural spaces and multiple small supratentorial contusions. There was no bony abnormality or ligament injury. We assumed that small amount of interpeduncular hematoma might be the proper lesion associated with oculomotor nerve palsies, since the clinical symptom and signs presented bilaterally and the oculomotor neural fascicles run through the interpeduncular fossa. |
Key Words:
Bilateral; Oculomotor nerve palsy; Head trauma |
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