The Etiology and Clinical Feature of the Third, Fourth, and Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy.
- Author:
Kyu Hyeong PARK
1
;
Bong Leen CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Aberrant regeneration;
Palsy of the third;
fourth;
and sixth cranial nerve;
cause;
recovery rate
- MeSH:
Abducens Nerve Diseases*;
Abducens Nerve*;
Cranial Nerve Diseases;
Humans;
Oculomotor Nerve;
Paralysis;
Regeneration;
Seoul;
Trochlear Nerve
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1997;38(8):1432-1436
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
40 patients who were diagnosed as the palsy of the third, fourth and sixth cranial nerve at Seoul national university hospital, were evaluated to reveal the etiology and clinical feature. The palsy of sixth cranial nerve is most common, and those of third and fourth cranial nerve followed it. Trauma was the most common cause of the palsy of the third, fourth, and sixth cranial nerve. Most of the palsy of the third cranial nerve involved both upper and lower branch, and aberrant regeneration was observed at 8 cases and its major cause was also trauma. The palsy of sixth cranial nerve was more frequently accompanied other cranial nerve palsy than those of the other two. Average recovery rate was 44.8% and, that of the sixth cranial nerve was higher than those of the other two.
