Combined third and sixth nerve paresis following optic nerve sheath fenestration

J Clin Neuroophthalmol. 1992 Jun;12(2):85-7; discussion 88. doi: 10.3109/01658109209058122.

Abstract

The authors report a case of transient third and sixth nerve paresis as a complication of optic nerve sheath fenestration in a patient with pseudotumor cerebri. The motility and pupillary abnormalities that are commonly associated with this procedure are reviewed briefly.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abducens Nerve*
  • Adult
  • Blepharoptosis / etiology
  • Cranial Nerve Diseases / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ocular Motility Disorders / etiology
  • Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / etiology*
  • Optic Nerve / surgery*
  • Papilledema / etiology
  • Paralysis / etiology*
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri / surgery