Complete third nerve paralysis and decreasing vision secondary to subdural hematoma.
We treated a patient with a subacute subdural hematoma who manifested only a complete third cranial nerve paralysis and decreased visual acuity. The gravity of delayed diagnosis in such a situation should prompt the ophthalmologist to consider subdural hematoma as the underlying cause in cases of third nerve paralysis.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity