Reversible nuclear oculomotor nerve paralysis. Caused by a primary mesencephalic hemorrhage.
A patient presented with a right hemiparesis and a left nuclear third nerve syndrome. The CT scan showed a hematoma of the left mesencephalon, near the oculomotor nucleus. After resorption of the hematoma, the nuclear symptomatology disappeared. This is the first description of a third nerve nuclear syndrome secondary to a mesencephalic hematoma.
Gaymard
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Department of Neurology, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France.
Larmande
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de Toffol
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Autret
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D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed