Neuro-ophthalmologic Evaluation of the Third, Fourth and Sixth Cranial Nerve Paralysis.
- Author:
Sung Sig KIM
1
;
Kyung Hyun JIN
;
Sang Min KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Paralysis of the third;
fourth and sixth cranial nerve;
etiologic incidence;
recovery
- MeSH:
Abducens Nerve*;
Cranial Nerves;
Humans;
Incidence;
Oculomotor Nerve Diseases;
Ophthalmology;
Paralysis*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1991;32(4):283-288
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A series of 250 patients with paralysis of the third, fotrth and sixth cranial nerves, who were diagnosed at Kyung Hee University Hospital, was analyzed. All patients with a neuroophthalmologic problem who visited the Dept. of Ophthalmology or had a consultation from another were included. There were 116 cases(46.4%) of sixth nerve paralysis, 88 cases(35.2%) of third nerve paralysis, 24 cases(9.6%) of fourth nerve paralysis, and 22 cases(8.8%) of multiple cranial nerve involvement. The etiologic incidence of the third, fourth and sixth cranial nerve paralysis revealed that trauma was the most frequent(86 cases); other causes were undetermined(59 cases), vascular(37 cases) and tumor(17 cases), in that order. The most common type of recovery was with the fourth nerve paralysis(41.7%).
