Transient third nerve palsy after electrometallicthrombosis of carotid cavernous fistulae.
Three patients had oculomotor nerve palsy as a complication of the treatment of carotid cavernous fistulae by electrometallicthrombosis of the cavernous sinus. In two, third nerve function returned without misdirection in two months or less. One was left with a partial third nerve palsy, also without misdirection.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D002426:Cavernous Sinus; D003300:Copper; D004560:Electricity; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
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