Intraorbital schwannoma is a rare tumor which accounts for about 1-2% of all neoplasms of the orbit. Orbital schwannomas most commonly arise from the sensory branches of the trigeminal nerve. On the other hand, intraorbital abducens nerve schwannomas are extremely rare, with a search of the English literature identifying only four cases of intraorbital abducens nerve schwannoma. This is the 5th...

A 17-year-old male presented with a wound on the right temporal region, oozing hemorrhagic necrotic brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid, following a fall. Computed tomography showed temporoparietal and petrous apex fractures on the right. Neurological examination revealed abducens nerve paresis, ptosis, and myosis on the right side. The patient was treated surgically for the removal of the fre...

Moebius syndrome consists of congenital complete or partial facial nerve palsy with or without paralysis of other cranial nerves (most commonly an abducens paralysis) and often associated with other malformations of the limbs and orofacial structures. The first description of congenital facial diplegia was given by von Graaefe in 18801 and this was soon followed by other reports. Moebius2 3 dre...

Traumatic unilateral sixth nerve palsy is a relatively rare occurrence, with an estimated incidence between 1% and 2.7% of all head traumas. Bilateral sixth nerve palsies following trauma is even rarer and is often accompanied by additional neurological injury and fractures of the skull or cervical spine. Here, we describe an illustrative case of bilateral sixth nerve palsies following a motor ...

A 49-year-old female presented with bilateral abducens nerve palsies. She had 75 prism diopter esotropia. The extraocular movement of the lateral rectus was -1 limitation for the right eye and -4 limitations for the left. After performing orbital magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 2 mL of bupivacain (5 mg/mL) was injected into the left lateral rectus (LR). One month after injection, a further or...

Background: Fungal sinusitis of isolated sphenoid sinus is a rare entity. Most of the sufferers referred with complications since the primary manifestations are non-characteristic. Case presentation: We describe a 40-year old woman presenting with severe headache, diplopia, and limited right-eye movement. Further studies proposed isolated sphenoidal sinusitis, for which she underwent endoscopic...

PURPOSE There is no uniformity in the literature about the core features required to make the diagnosis of Möbius sequence. Originally, the minimum requirements were the bilateral paralysis of the VI and the VII cranial nerves. The bilateral facial nerve paralysis or paresis, often asymmetric, is common to all patients but some facts show that the isolated VI nerve palsy in the Möbius sequence ...