Isolated unilateral oculomotor nerve palsy following a mild head injury
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Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy due to head injury.
Traumatic isolated oculomotor nerve palsy with negative imaging studies is extremely rare. We reported such a case who after head injury had normal brain computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and angiography. The absence of other neurological signs and normal brain MRI indicated the lesion was most likely within the subarachnoid space, as the other important structures...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal Armed Forces India
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0377-1237
DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2015.01.015