Bilateral aberrant regeneration of the third cranial nerve following trauma. Case report.
This 6-year-old boy, after recovery from prolonged coma following head trauma, exhibited the rare phenomenon of bilateral oculomotor nerve misdirection manifested by ipsilateral eyelid elevation on adduction of either eye.
D002648:Child; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D061220:Oculomotor Nerve Injuries