Early resolution of third nerve palsy following endovascular treatment of a posterior communicating artery aneurysm.
A 69-year-old man underwent successful endovascular treatment of a posterior communicating artery aneurysm that had caused a third nerve palsy. Pupil size became normal within 10 days and ptosis and ocular ductions became normal within 3 weeks of the procedure. Based on the reported recovery rates of third nerve palsy after aneurysmal clipping, recovery may occur more rapidly in patients who undergo endovascular treatment. Further data are necessary to substantiate this hypothesis.
Inamasu
Joji
J
The Department of Neurosurgery, National Tokyo Medical Center, Higashigaoka 2-5-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8902, Japan.
Nakamura
Yoshiki
Y
Saito
Ryoichi
R
Kuroshima
Yoshiaki
Y
Ohba
Shigeo
S
Ichikizaki
Kiyoshi
K
D000368:Aged; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy