RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sixth nerve palsy of para-infectious origin
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 122
OP 124
VO 6
IS 2
A1 Dirk Deleu
A1 Menandros Lagopoulos
YR 2001
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/6/2/122.abstract
AB Acute abducens palsy of para-infectious origin is uncommon in adulthood. We present the case history of a 28-year-old woman suffering from acute onset diplopia due to abducens palsy. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed signs suggestive of frank ipsilateral maxillary sinusitis. The lack of anatomical relationship between the maxillary sinus and the abducens nerve led us to conclude that the abducens palsy was of para-infectious origin.