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.
Cranial Nerve III ; palsy ; ptosis ; ophthalmoplegia

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Oculomotor Nerve Diseases ; Oculomotor Nerve

In congenital third nerve palsy, the function in four of the six extraocular muscles is compromised, and its treatment is the most difficult problem in paralytic strabismus. In general, either large recession and resection on horizontal rectus muscles or superior oblique muscle transposition is used for treatment. We compared the results of the two methods of surgical therapy. A Total of nine eyes in nine cases underwent surgical correction for ocular alignment in the primary position, In four eyes of four cases horizontal rectus muscle surgery was performed. In five eyes of five cases superior oblique muscle transposition was performed. Postoperatively, one of four cases who underwent horizontal rectus muscle surgery and four of five cases who underwent superior obique muscle transposition resulted in acceptable ocular alignment, in which the angle of deviation at the primary position was within 2 delta. Therefore, in the treatment of congenital third nerve palsy, superior oblique muscle transposition is more effective than horizontal rectus muscle surgery for the correction of ocular alignment.
Muscles ; Oculomotor Nerve Diseases ; Oculomotor Nerve* ; Strabismus*

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Oculomotor Nerve Diseases*

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Diffusion* ; Humans ; Oculomotor Nerve*

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Cholinesterase Inhibitors ; Oculomotor Nerve Diseases* ; Oculomotor Nerve* ; Snake Bites* ; Snakes*

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Neuritis ; Oculomotor Nerve ; Oculomotor Nerve Diseases ; Ophthalmoplegia ; Pupil

The authors performed frontalis sling operation using autogenous levator muscle transposition for ptotic lid between February, 1989 and March, 1993. Four cases were Marcus-Gunn ptosis and one case was paralytic ptosis with aberrant regeneration in patient with oculomotor nerve palsy. The postoperative surgical results were satisfactory cosmetically.
Humans ; Oculomotor Nerve Diseases ; Regeneration

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a well-known disorder improving with conservative treatment or epidural blood patch in the majority of cases. However, SIH may develop neurological complications such as cranial nerve palsy, subdural hematoma, and altered consciousness. Subdural hematoma in SIH is usually found during intracranial hypotension state and delayed subdural hematoma is rarely reported. We report a case of delayed subdural hematoma and oculomotor nerve palsy after improving spontaneous intracranial hypotension.
Blood Patch, Epidural ; Consciousness ; Cranial Nerve Diseases ; Hematoma, Subdural ; Intracranial Hypotension ; Oculomotor Nerve ; Oculomotor Nerve Diseases

Two patients were presented with painful unilateral oculomotor nerve palsy and one of them was combined with trochlear nerve palsy. First case was initially thought to have diabetic opthalmoplegia, and second case was thought to have posterior communicating or distal internal carotid aneurysms. But both had, in fact dural carotid cavernous fistula, draining posteriorly into inferior petrosal sinus. Embolization was done in these two cases, which was followed by clinical improvement in one case.
Aneurysm ; Fistula* ; Humans ; Oculomotor Nerve Diseases* ; Oculomotor Nerve* ; Trochlear Nerve Diseases