Pupillary sparing in oculomotor palsy from temporal lobe astrocytoma. Report of two cases.
Two cases are reported of pupillary sparing in oculomotor palsy from temporal lobe astrocytoma. In one of them it was the first manifestation of recurrence of tumour. Tumour infiltration with resultant nerve ischemia is suggested to be the responsible pathological process.
D000368:Aged; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D012025:Reflex, Pupillary; D013702:Temporal Lobe