| Title |
Chronic idiopathic inflammation of the retropharyngeal space presenting with sequential abducens palsies. |
| Creator |
Fanous, M.M.; Margo, C.E.; Hamed, L.M. |
| Affiliation |
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610. |
| Abstract |
We describe a patient who presented with sequential, bilateral abducens palsies associated with a mass of the nasopharynx. Biopsy of the mass showed chronic non-specific inflammation and fibrosis. The diagnosis of idiopathic inflammatory pseudotumor was arrived at by exclusion of other known causes of inflammation of the retropharyngeal space. Magnetic resonance imaging suggested that injury to the sixth cranial nerves probably occurred as they traversed the dura and subarachnoid space overlying the clivus. |
| Subject |
Abducens Nerve; Adult; Biopsy; Chronic Disease; Cranial Nerve Diseases; Fibrosis; Granuloma, Plasma Cell; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Nasopharyngitis; Nasopharynx; Paralysis |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
226097 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68w6kdn/226097 |
