Congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders are a group of diseases caused by abnormal development of cranial nerve nuclei or their axonal connections, resulting in aberrant innervation of the ocular and facial musculature. Its diagnosis could be facilitated by the development of high resolution thin-section magnetic resonance imaging. The purpose of this review is to describe the method to vis...

Twenty patients with a traumatic third nerve palsy had sustained a closed head injury with prolonged loss of consciousness in a high-speed deceleration accident. Sixteen were male, and the average age was 25 years. Seven had skull or facial fractures, 15 damage to the anterior visual pathways, and 16 other permanent neurological damage. Nineteen developed the misdirection/regeneration syndrome....

The diagnosis of nasal sinusitis as a cause of ocular palsy has recently fallen into disfavour, particularly since the importance of congenital aneurysm as a cause of third nerve palsy has been recognized. It is the purpose of this communication to record a series of fully investigated cases of ocular palsy observed over some years, in which the palsies were associated with the presence of a ch...

Congenital abduction deficit is most likely due to Duane's retraction syndrome as congenital abducens nerve palsy is very rare. We report two cases of infantile abduction deficit due to sixth nerve palsy associated with other anomalies to highlight the importance of including neuroimaging in the evaluation of an infant presenting with a limitation of abduction.

PURPOSE To evaluate the demographics and management outcomes of strabismus surgery in patients with third cranial nerve palsy. METHODS This retrospective study includes subjects with third cranial nerve palsy. We evaluated age, sex, laterality, severity of involvement, etiology, frequency of clinical findings, and types and results of treatments. RESULTS 52 patients including 29 male and 23...

The association between intracranial aneurysm and third nerve palsy in a series of fifty patients presenting to this unit over a six year period has been studied. All aneurysms causing a third nerve palsy were found to be in the anterior circulation and all were adequately demonstrated by carotid angiography alone. None of the thirty cases of posterior circulation aneurysm was associated with a...