Traumatic oculomotor nerve palsy: Unique case of isolated mydriasis and ptosis following head injury

Zhihui Deng; John Davis; Flor Muniz-Rodriguez

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery (Jun 2019)

Traumatic oculomotor nerve palsy: Unique case of isolated mydriasis and ptosis following head injury

Zhihui Deng,
John Davis,
Flor Muniz-Rodriguez

Affiliations

Zhihui Deng: Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Hamilton Health Sciences Regional Rehabilitation Centre, Hamilton, Canada; Corresponding author at: Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
John Davis: Hamilton Health Sciences Regional Rehabilitation Centre, Hamilton, Canada
Flor Muniz-Rodriguez: Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Hamilton Health Sciences Regional Rehabilitation Centre, Hamilton, Canada

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16
pp. 1 – 2

Abstract

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A rare case of partial cranial nerve 3 (CN3) paresis following a traumatic brain injury presented with isolated ptosis and mydriasis due to a hemorrhagic lesion in the ipsilateral tegmentum of midbrain. All the extraocular muscles that control eye movements were spared. The anatomy of CN3 nuclei and their fascicular organization is reviewed. Keywords: Traumatic brain injury, Diffuse axonal injury, Oculomotor nerve palsy

Published in Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery

ISSN: 2214-7519 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/interdisciplinary-neurosurgery/

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