title: Unruptured intracavernous carotid artery aneurysm mimicking "painful ophthalmoplegia". Case report.
abstract: We report a case of intracavernous carotid artery aneurysm presenting an unusual clinical course and suggest possible pathogenetic mechanisms to explain the clinical picture. We discuss the differential diagnosis from other disorders producing unilateral ophthalmoplegia.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002339:Carotid Arteries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed