title: Third-nerve palsy due to penetrating trauma.
abstract: Penetrating trauma is an unusual etiology of third-nerve palsy. Of 815 hospitalized patients with third-nerve palsies, 20 had such an etiology, with gunshot wounds being the usual cause.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Keane
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology