Oculomotor palsy from minor head trauma: initial sign of intracranial aneurysm.
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.
Walter
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Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Newman
N J
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Lessell
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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*