Oculomotor Nerve Palsy due to an Odontogenic Abscess Originating from the Mandibular Third Molar

Affiliations

Hee-Keun Park: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, 100 Ilsan-ro, Ilsan-donggu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 410-719, Republic of Korea
Moon-Key Kim: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, 100 Ilsan-ro, Ilsan-donggu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 410-719, Republic of Korea
Sang-Hoon Kang: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, 100 Ilsan-ro, Ilsan-donggu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 410-719, Republic of Korea

Abstract

We report a case of oculomotor nerve palsy (ONP) as a result of odontogenic infection originating from the third molar, which is considered rare.