Facial And Abducens Palsy In Pseudotumor Cerebri. Case Report And Literature Review

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Identifier 20180304_nanos_posters_118
Title Facial And Abducens Palsy In Pseudotumor Cerebri. Case Report And Literature Review
Creator Maria Braccia Gancedo; Haydee Martinez; Mariana de Virgiliis; Luciana Iacono
Affiliation (MBG) (MDV) (LI) Hospital Oftalmologico Dr. Pedro Lagleyze, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Lomas de Zamora, Argentina; (HM) Hospital de Clinicas Jose de San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Subject High Intracranial Pressure/Headache; Ocular Motility
Description Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) or Idiopathic intracranial Hypertension (IIH) revised criteria, included sixth nerve palsies as the most common neurological deficit due to raised intracranial pressure. There are isolated reports, more frecuents in children, of peripheral facial palsy in PTC, often combined with sixth nerve deficit. We report a case of VIth and VIIth nerve palsy in PTC in an adult patient, and a literature review.
Date 2018-03
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2018 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2018: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2018. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6tb571n
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 1309431
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tb571n
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