Isolated pupillary-sparing cranial nerve III palsy from a subgaleal abscess
doi.org/10.47895/amp.vi0.5737
- Author:
Roland Joseph D. Tan
1
,
2
;
Marie Christine M. Tan
1
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center, Baguio City, Philippines
2. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
subgaleal abscess
- MeSH:
Cranial Nerve III;
palsy;
ptosis;
ophthalmoplegia
- From:
Acta Medica Philippina
2023;57(6):59-62
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Cranial nerve (CN) III palsy is rarely caused by intraorbital compression, let alone from a subgaleal abscess.
We present a case of a hypertensive 55-year-old man with an acute isolated pupillary-sparing left CN III palsy from a left subgaleal abscess with associated pterional osteomyelitis and frontotemporal mass. This is the first reported such case and the third reported case of a chronic spontaneous subgaleal abscess. A seemingly routine case of an acute, pupillary-sparing, isolated CN III palsy from hypertension turned out to be a rare case in terms of etiology of the palsy and of the source of the abscess.
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