title: Abducens nerve palsy due to spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid artery.
abstract: A patient had angiographic and computed tomographic features of a dissecting aneurysm of the extracranial internal carotid artery, with intracranial extension into the cavernous sinus. Isolated abducens nerve palsy resolved without treatment, within a two-month period.
mesh_terms: D000010:Abducens Nerve; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography