Agenesis of internal carotid artery presenting with oculomotor nerve palsy after minor head injury.
We report a patient with unilateral agenesis of the internal carotid artery in whom the oculomotor nerve was paralyzed on the same side as the agenesis after a minor head injury. It is conceivable that the palsy was caused by sudden tension of the nerve between the petroclinoid ligament and the enlarged posterior communicating artery.
D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061220:Oculomotor Nerve Injuries; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed