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1 167-8Third Nerve Palsy; Aberrant ReinnervationThe patient is a 48 year old man from Saudi Arabia who came to the Massachusetts General Hospital for a second opinion and hopefully for surgical correction of ptosis of the left eye (OS). He had a long standing left third nerve palsy due to compression of the nerve trunk by a cavernous sinus mening...Ptosis; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy; Aberrant Reinnervation of the Third Nerve; Pupil Dilated and Fixed; Oculomotor Nerve; Cavernous Sinus Meningioma; Cavernous Sinus Syndrome; Aberrant Reinnervation
2 919-2Bilateral PtosisPatient is a 65 year old woman who presented with acute onset of bilateral ptosis. She awoke one day and found her eyelids half shut and she was unable to see. The lids completely shut and she came to the Massachusetts General Hospital Emergency Room and was admitted. Past History: Negative for pt...Nuclear Third Nerve Palsy; Bilateral Ptosis; Central Caudal Nucleus; Midbrain Ptosis; Oculomotor Nerve; Thalamic Infarct
3 Cavernous_Sinus_MeningiomaCavernous Sinus MeningiomaThis patient is a 46 year old woman from Portugal who was admitted to the Massachusetts General Hospital in September 1986 with ophthalmoplegia of the left eye (OS) and signs of aberrant reinnervation of the third nerve. She presented, in August 1985, with an episode of diplopia. The diplopia was s...Ptosis; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy; Aberrant Reinnervation of the Third Nerve; Paresis of Abduction; Sixth Nerve Palsy; Oculomotor Nerve; Cavernous Sinus Meningioma; Cavernous Sinus Syndrome; Unilateral Oculomotor Third Nerve Palsy; Unilateral Sixth Nerve Palsy
4 Claudes_SyndromeClaudes SyndromeThe patient is a 76 year old woman who woke one morning unable to see out of her right eye because of ptosis. She came to the Massachusetts General Hospital emergency room and was admitted. Neurological Examination: Right third nerve palsy involving the pupil Ataxia of the left hand on finger-nose t...Ptosis; Fascicular Third Nerve Palsy; Fixed Dilated Pupil; Contralateral Limb Ataxia; Claude Syndrome; Midbrain Infarct; Oculomotor Nerve; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy; Subnuclear; Fascicular Oculomotor (Third) Nerve Palsy; Third Nerve Dysfunction
5 166-26Fascicular Third Nerve PalsyThe patient is a 76 year old woman who woke one morning unable to see out of her right eye because of ptosis. She came to the Massachusetts General Hospital emergency room and was admitted. Neurological Examination: Right third nerve palsy involving the pupil Ataxia of the left hand on finger-nose t...Ptosis; Fascicular Third Nerve Palsy; Fixed Dilated Pupil; Contralateral Limb Ataxia; Claude Syndrome; Midbrain Infarct; Oculomotor Nerve; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy; Subnuclear; Fascicular Oculomotor (Third) Nerve Palsy; Third Nerve Dysfunction
6 163-21Nuclear Third Nerve PalsyThe following case is the first patient I saw with a nuclear third nerve palsy. The patient is a 52 year old man with hypertension and hyperlipidemia. He awoke one morning unable to open his eyes. To walk he tilted his head backwards and looked down. He came to the emergency room of the Massach...Nuclear Third Nerve Palsy; Bilateral Ptosis; Bilateral Superior Rectus Palsy; Normal Pupils; Midbrain Infarct; Oculomotor Nerve; Nuclear; Thalamic Infarct
7 Parasellar_MeningiomaParasellar MeningiomaThis patient is a 58 year old woman from Peru who, in 1975, developed intermittent headaches and right retro-orbital eye pain. She was seen by several ophthalmologists in South America who were unable to make a diagnosis. In March 1977 she awoke one morning with vertical diplopia most marked on...Ptosis; Third Nerve Palsy; Aberrant Reinnervation of the Third Nerve; Oculomotor Nerve; Parasellar Meningioma; Cavernous Sinus Syndrome; Unilateral Oculomotor Third Nerve Palsy; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy
8 946-3Supranuclear Paralysis of UpgazeThe patient is a 58 year old man who was admitted as an emergency with hypersomnolence, gait ataxia and diplopia. On the night before Thanksgiving he went to bed feeling well. He was awoken by a phone call at 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving day having over slept by 7 hours. He got out of bed to answer th...Supranuclear Paralysis of Vertical Gaze; Convergence Retraction Nystagmus; Vertical Oculocephalic Reflex Normal; Third Nerve Palsy; Pretectal Syndrome Top of the Basilar Syndrome; Thalamic Infarct; Patent Foramen Ovale; Thalamus Infarct; Somnolence
9 005-1Third Nerve PalsyThis patient is a 58 year old woman from Peru who, in 1975, developed intermittent headaches and right retro-orbital eye pain. She was seen by several ophthalmologists in South America who were unable to make a diagnosis. In March 1977 she awoke one morning with vertical diplopia most marked on...Ptosis; Third Nerve Palsy; Aberrant Reinnervation of the Third Nerve; Oculomotor Nerve; Parasellar Meningioma; Cavernous Sinus Syndrome; Unilateral Oculomotor Third Nerve Palsy; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy
10 932-6Third Nerve PalsyThe patient is an 85 year old man with hypertension and Type II diabetes mellitus. He presented with a ten day history of drooping of the left eye, unaccompanied by eye pain or headache. With the lid elevated he had double vision in all directions of gaze. He came to the Massachusetts General Ho...Ptosis; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy; Oculomotor Nerve; Microinfarction; Unilateral Oculomotor Third Nerve Palsy; Third Nerve Microinfarct; Fascicular Third Nerve Palsy
11 939-2Third Nerve PalsyThe patient is a 57 year old man who carried a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease post CABAG. He was seen in the Massachusetts General Hospital ER with acute double vision and headache and was admitted. Four days prior to admission (PTA) he developed a bifrontal headach...Ptosis; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy; Third Nerve Microinfarct; Oculomotor Nerve; Unilateral Oculomotor Third Nerve Palsy; Fascicular Third Nerve Palsy; Third (Oculomotor)
12 940-3Third Nerve PalsyThis patient is a 46 year old woman from Portugal who was admitted to the Massachusetts General Hospital in September 1986 with ophthalmoplegia of the left eye (OS) and signs of aberrant reinnervation of the third nerve. She presented, in August 1985, with an episode of diplopia. The diplopia was s...Ptosis; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy; Aberrant Reinnervation of the Third Nerve; Paresis of Abduction; Sixth Nerve Palsy; Oculomotor Nerve; Cavernous Sinus Meningioma; Cavernous Sinus Syndrome; Unilateral Oculomotor Third Nerve Palsy; Unilateral Sixth Nerve Palsy
13 946-6Third Nerve PalsyThe patient is a 50 year old man with Type II Diabetes who presented to an outside hospital in September 1996 with ptosis and an inability to open the right eye. Five months prior to admission (PTA), he had flu-like symptoms with mild fever, sinus congestion and diffuse myalgia in the chest, abdo...Ptosis; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy; Oculomotor Nerve; Meningovascular Syphilis; Heubner's Arteritis; Unilateral Oculomotor Third Nerve Palsy; Third Nerve Microinfarct
14 Third_Nerve_PalsyThird Nerve PalsyThe patient is a 50 year old man with Type II Diabetes who presented to an outside hospital in September 1996 with ptosis and an inability to open the right eye. Five months prior to admission (PTA), he had flu-like symptoms with mild fever, sinus congestion and diffuse myalgia in the chest, abdo...Ptosis; Unilateral Third Nerve Palsy; Oculomotor Nerve; Meningovascular Syphilis; Heubner's Arteritis; Unilateral Oculomotor Third Nerve Palsy; Third Nerve Microinfarct
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