Traumatic oculomotor nerve palsy: Unique case of isolated mydriasis and ptosis following head injury

A rare case of partial cranial nerve 3 (CN3) paresis following a traumatic brain injury presented with isolated ptosis and mydriasis due to a hemorrhagic lesion in the ipsilateral tegmentum of midbrain. All the extraocular muscles that control eye movements were spared. The anatomy of CN3 nuclei and...

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Main Authors: Zhihui Deng, John Davis, Flor Muniz-Rodriguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918302329