[Complete third nerve paralysis as clinical presentation of multiple sclerosis].
An acute attack of cephalea and third nerve palsy with pupillary involvement may be caused by a variety of entities, but aneurysm of the posterior communicating artery must certainly be ruled out. We describe a 22 year old patient in whom this clinical profile was an unusual first sign of multiple sclerosis.
Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada.
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Mínguez Castellanos
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Espigares Molero
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Arnal García
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D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology*
Parálisis completa del tercer par como forma de presentación de esclerosis múltiple.