Late recovery of function after oculomotor nerve palsy

Document Type

Article

Abstract

We studied three patients who developed oculomotor nerve paresis from different causes. Each patient improved somewhat over several months, after which there was no further improvement for at least six months. Although the pareses were thought to be stable after the period of no improvement, each patient subsequently had further improvement in both motility and alignment with resolution of diplopia in primary position and in more than one of the cardinal positions of gaze. Patients with oculomotor nerve paresis may improve further after an initial period of improvement followed by several months of stability.

Medical Subject Headings

Adenoma (complications, surgery); Adult; Diplopia (etiology, physiopathology); Eye Hemorrhage (complications); Eye Injuries (complications); Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Oculomotor Nerve (physiopathology); Oculomotor Nerve Diseases (etiology, physiopathology); Paranasal Sinus Diseases (complications, surgery); Pituitary Neoplasms (complications, surgery); Visual Acuity

Publication Date

5-15-1991

Publication Title

American journal of ophthalmology

ISSN

0002-9394

Volume

111

Issue

5

First Page

566

Last Page

70

PubMed ID

2021163

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/s0002-9394(14)73699-2

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