Abducens nerve palsy and Horner's syndrome revisited.
Sympathetic fibers destined for the eye join the abducens nerve for a short distance within the cavernous sinus; thus, a unilateral sixth nerve palsy with an ipsilateral Horner's syndrome is of significant localizing value. We report two cases of cavernous sinus lesions producing an ipsilateral abducens palsy and Horner's syndrome: one case due to an intrinsic and the other to an extrinsic lesion of the sinus region.
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Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Burde
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D000010:Abducens Nerve; D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed