title: Oculomotor nerve palsy due to intraneural hemorrhage in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: a case report.
abstract: We report a 52-year-old man with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura accompanying acute oculomotor nerve palsy. At autopsy, intraneural hemorrhage was found in the cavernous portion of the oculomotor nerve. Intraneural bleeding as well as extraneural compression by hematoma formation should be considered as a cause of neuropathies occurring in patients with aggravated thrombocytopenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Meitetsu Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teramoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujitake
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashizume
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000473:pathology; D001369:Axons / Q000473:pathology; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000473:pathology*