title: Oculomotor palsy from minor head trauma: initial sign of intracranial aneurysm.
abstract: Minor head trauma precipitated oculomotor nerve palsies in two patients who subsequently were discovered to have ipsilateral posterior communicating artery aneurysms. A history of minor trauma should not dissuade investigation for underlying causes of oculomotor nerve palsy, including intracranial aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lessell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*