title: Early resolution of third nerve palsy following endovascular treatment of a posterior communicating artery aneurysm.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Neurosurgery, National Tokyo Medical Center, Higashigaoka 2-5-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8902, Japan.
authors.forename: Joji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Inamasu
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Ryoichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroshima
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohba
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ichikizaki
mesh_terms: 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