Teaching NeuroImage: Abducens Nerve Palsy With Ipsilateral Excessive Eye Tearing Attributed to an Internal Carotid Artery Sympathetic Plexus Schwannoma
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چکیده
A 65-year-old man developed subacute horizontal diplopia due to left abducens nerve (AN) palsy and excessive eye tearing. Brain MRI revealed a hyperintense T2 lesion with an elongated course within the carotid canal, presenting homogenous contrast enhancement (figure 1). The imaging findings were characteristic for internal artery sympathetic plexus (ICSP) schwannoma compressing AN. Subsequent irritation of deep petrosal originating directly from ICSP continuing as Vidian may have led lacrimal gland edema tearing 2). Thorough case presentation figure demonstrating relevant anatomy are available Dryad at [doi.org/10.5061/dryad.pzgmsbck6][1]. [1]: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.pzgmsbck6
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0028-3878', '1526-632X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000012183