TY - JOUR
T1 - Unusual presentations of cavernous carotid aneurysms
T2 - Further evidence for topographic organization of the oculomotor nerve
AU - Nallasamy, Sudha
AU - Lesniak, Sebastian
AU - Volpe, Nicholas J.
AU - Tamhankar, Madhura A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by an unrestricted departmental grant from Research to Prevent Blindness .
PY - 2010/8/15
Y1 - 2010/8/15
N2 - Two patients with carotid cavernous aneurysms presented with uncommon patterns of third nerve involvement, one with an isolated elevation deficit without ptosis and the other with a depression deficit with possible pupillary involvement. These patterns are best explained by topographic organization of third nerve fibers within the cavernous sinus (prior to its anatomic bifurcation) that subserve individual extraocular muscles.
AB - Two patients with carotid cavernous aneurysms presented with uncommon patterns of third nerve involvement, one with an isolated elevation deficit without ptosis and the other with a depression deficit with possible pupillary involvement. These patterns are best explained by topographic organization of third nerve fibers within the cavernous sinus (prior to its anatomic bifurcation) that subserve individual extraocular muscles.
KW - Cavernous carotid aneurysm
KW - Oculomotor nerve
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jns.2010.04.017
DO - 10.1016/j.jns.2010.04.017
M3 - Article
C2 - 20546791
AN - SCOPUS:77953870588
SN - 0022-510X
VL - 295
SP - 82
EP - 86
JO - Journal of the Neurological Sciences
JF - Journal of the Neurological Sciences
IS - 1-2
ER -