Levator-Sparing Oculomotor Nerve Palsy Caused by a Solitary Midbrain Metastasis
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 41 (2) , 210-212
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1984.04050140108038
Abstract
• One month before death, a 63-year-old man with known lung carcinoma manifested a left third-nerve palsy and crossed ataxia. The oculomotor involvement began with a dilated left pupil and progressed to a complete left oculomotor nerve palsy, with the exception of nearly normal lid function. Pathologic examination revealed a solitary midbrain metastasis involving the left third-nerve nucleus and rootlets, with the exception of the caudal central oculomotor subnucleus and its outflow fibers.Keywords
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